Legal Opinion
Sprague v. General Motors Corp.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided July 18, 1994No. 90-CV-70010PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FEIKENS, District Judge.
Before me are several matters intended to bring long-awaited closure to this prolonged litigation. The first two matters concern Count V of the Complaint, plaintiffs’ equitable or promissory estoppel claims. The named plaintiffs, purporting to represent a class of approximately 84,000 General Motors Corporation (“GM”) salaried retirees and their surviving spouses, assert that GM should be estopped from eliminating certain health care coverages and shifting health care costs. Mirroring past arguments, GM moves for partial summary judgment or to dismiss…
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Robert D. Sprague, Plaintiffs-Appellees/cross-Appellants v. General Motors Corporation, Defendant-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
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