Legal Opinion
Drennan v. General Motors Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 13, 1992No. Nos. 90-3659, 90-3660PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRUPANSKY, Senior Circuit Judge.
The defendant-appellant, General Motors (GM), has appealed from the decision of the district court, issued following a bench trial, that found GM had breached its fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. section 1001 et seq., by misleading its laidoff employees by announcing that the Voluntary Termination of Employment Program (VTEP) benefit plan would not be available for their participation.
The plaintiff-appellees are 270 former employees of the Norwood, Ohio GM assembly plant with ten or more years of…
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