Petersen v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad

SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

FEIKENS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, retirees of defendant Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company (Grand Trunk), claim defendant violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended, 29 U.S.C. 1001-1461, and Michigan law of contract by reducing health insurance benefits. I have jurisdiction pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 1132(e). I presided at a bench trial. At the close of plaintiffs’ evidence defendant moved for a dismissal.

Plaintiffs are former employees of Grand Trunk who accepted early retirement at various times in 1982, 1986, and…