INTERNATIONAL UNION v. SKINNER ENGINE CO.

No. 98-3461.

188 F.3d 130 (1999)

INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA, U.A.W.; U.A.W. Local No. 1697; Theodore Ruef, for Himself and all Others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. SKINNER ENGINE COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided: August 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Gordon (Argued), Howard Grossinger, Grossinger, Gordon & Vatz, Pittsburgh, PA, William D. Taggart, Erie, PA, for Appellants.

James T. Marnen (Argued), Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C., Erie, PA, for Appellee.

Before: GREENBERG and ALITO, Circuit Judges, and ACKERMAN, Senior District Judge


OPINION OF THE COURT

ACKERMAN, Senior District Judge:

The primary question presented in this appeal is whether life and medical insurance benefits provided to retired employees under various collective bargaining agreements vested at the time of each employee's retirement or were terminable by the employer at the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement under which the right to the benefits was provided. Appellants, representatives of a class of...

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