ZIELINSKI v. PABST BREWING CO., INC.

No. 05-4742.

463 F.3d 615 (2006)

Raymond ZIELINSKI, et al., individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PABST BREWING COMPANY, INC. Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 7, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Wertheimer, Jr. (argued), Bingham Farms, MI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Charles P. Stevens (argued), Michael Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This case raises in a novel setting the vexing question of the interpretation of ERISA welfare plans that specify no date of termination.

Back in 1971, Blue Cross-Blue Shield offered a prescription-drug plan that reimbursed enrolled members' entire drug costs subject only to a $2 deductible for a 34-day supply of the drug. Beginning in 1973 several Milwaukee breweries, including Pabst and Schlitz, agreed in successive collective bargaining...

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