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ABBRUSCATO v. EMPIRE BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD

Docket No. 00-9490.

274 F.3d 90 (2001)

Calogera ABBRUSCATO, Sal Autolino, Genevieve Banger, Marie Bramson, Erna Seals-Brown, Vincent Carlin, Vincent Cefola, Elaine Cirino, Vincent Cirino, Timothy Connors, Juanita R. Evelyn, Jeanette Graves, Thomas Hughey, Elaine V. Hutton, Ralph Leggett, John O. McGee, Maria Mele, John Merolla, Cyrilla R. Palermo, Albert Pedota, Mary A. Reidy, Neville Sargeant, George Schirm, Sheila Sparling, Mary Hoffmeister-Travers, John D. Vella, Howard Walsh, Estate of Joanna W. Blackwood, Robert Novas, Catherine Brandoff, Barbara L. McCarthy, Eustace Griffith, Lula Mae Miller, Martin Varley, and Gwen Zucker, Plaintiffs, Irma M. ALICEA, Jack Brook, Arthur English, Joseph Fleming, Anthony Heckel, Marie Morris, Ann Musto, Rose Marie O'Connor, Elaine Bailey-Pereira, James Photis, John Pirro, Mary Purcell, Henry Reynolds, Albert Ricuito, Sheila Sansosti, Gerard Sussungham, Joseph L. Cerrone, Jr., and Daphne Small, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EMPIRE BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 6, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin Green and Martin Seham, Seham, Seham, Meltz & Petersen, New York, NY, for Appellants.

Gary H. Glaser, Seyfarth Shaw, New York, NY, for Appellee.

Before: JACOBS, PARKER, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

In this case brought pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq, appellants challenge defendant-appellee Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield's ("Empire") reduction in life insurance benefits to former employees who retired after January 1, 1989. Our decision in Kunkel v. Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, 274 F.3d 76 (2d Cir.2001), also issued...

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