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BLAND v. FIATALLIS NORTH AMERICA, INC.

No. 04-2703.

401 F.3d 779 (2005)

Lou BLAND, Edward Hodgeman, Geraldine Rosato, Ervin Shores, and Richard Horcher, Plaintiff-Appellants, v. FIATALLIS NORTH AMERICA, INC., Case New Holland, Inc., and CNH Health and Welfare Plan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 15, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon D. Robinson (argued), Bolen Robinson & Ellis, Decatur, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellants.

Mark A. Casciari (argued), Seyfarth Shaw, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CUDAHY, MANION and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

A "lifetime" can be a slippery concept in the context of retiree benefits litigation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. (2005). This case asks us to consider, on the heels of Vallone v. CNA Financial Corporation, 375 F.3d 623 (7th Cir.2004), whether designating retiree benefits as "lifetime"really means "for life." Unlike previous cases...

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