Legal Opinion
Winnett v. CATERPILLAR, INC.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 22, 2010No. 08-6236PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The court delivered a PER CURIAM opinion. MARTIN, J. (p. 415), delivered a separate concurring opinion.
OPINION
2Per curiam
At stake in this interlocutory appeal are the claims of one subclass of plaintiffs in an ongoing class-action lawsuit against Caterpillar for allegedly breaching its promise to provide “lifetime cost-free retiree health care.” R.61, ¶ 2. The district court preliminarily enjoined Caterpillar to provide the subclass — 275 plaintiffs who retired from a Caterpillar subsidiary between 1992 and 1998 — with this benefit. Because the statute of limitations bars the claims of this subclass, we…
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