Legal Opinion
Hughes v. 3M Retiree Medical Plan
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided March 19, 2001No. Civ.99-2062(DSD/JMM)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
DOTY, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment and on plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. Plaintiffs Edward and Dorothy Hughes have brought this lawsuit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) alleging that defendant Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (“3M”) implemented changes to the medical benefits provided to eligible retirees in violation of federal law. Plaintiffs allege that they have vested rights and that binding Eighth Circuit case law prohibits 3M from unilaterally changing their…
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