Legal Opinion
United Mine Works of Am. Combined Benefit Fund v. Andre M. Toffel, for Walter Energy, Inc. (In re Walter Energy, Inc.)
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 27, 2018No. 16-13483PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
*1125Coal companies in the United States long ago promised in wage agreements to provide their employees with health care benefits at no cost to the employees and to continue to provide these benefits even after the employees' retirement. A quarter century ago, Congress turned this contractual obligation into a statutory one. See Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 ("Coal Act"), Pub. L. No. 102-486, 106 Stat. 2776, 3036-56 (1992). Even before the Coal Act, coal companies struggled to pay the cost of these benefits. Unfortunately, this problem has grown more…
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