Legal Opinion
Zielinski v. Pabst Brewing Co., Inc.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided February 24, 2005No. 04-C-0385PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
RANDA, Chief Judge.
When the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company (“Schlitz”) closed its Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant in 1981, it reached agreements with its retired workers to provide, among other things, health care benefits, including a prescription drug program. Schlitz was later bought by Stroh Brewing Company (“Stroh”), which in turn was bought, in 1995, by Pabst. From 1981 through the end of 2003, the plaintiffs, the group of retirees who benefitted from the 1981 agreement with Schlitz (“Schlitz retirees” or “retirees”), received the same level of health care benefits with no…
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