Judith Kerns v. Caterpillar Inc.

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION File Name: 19a0569n.06 No. 18-5384 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED JUDITH KERNS, et al., ) Nov 13, 2019 ) DEBORAH S. HUNT, Clerk Plaintiffs-Appellees, ) ) ON APPEAL FROM THE v. ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT ) COURT FOR THE MIDDLE CATERPILLAR INC., ) DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE ) Defendant-Appellant. ) ) Before: BOGGS, KETHLEDGE, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges. KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge. This twelve-year-old class action is the latest case in a series of disputes over the vesting of lifetime benefits in collective-bargaining agreements.…