Legal Opinion
Diehl v. Twin Disc, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 12, 1996No. 96-2087PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we are called upon to decide whether Twin Disc promised certain insurance benefits for the duration of its retired employees’ lives and, if so, to examine the nature of these benefits. When the company unilaterally changed the retired employees’ coverage in 1993, the plaintiffs initiated this class action suit, which alleges that Twin Disc broke its promise. The district court believed that Twin Disc had reserved the right to change or discontinue the benefits at issue, and therefore granted summary judgment in favor of the company. We now vacate the…
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