Legal Opinion
Tamera Herrmann v. Cencom Cable Associates, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 2, 1992No. 92-1415PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
In 1986 Congress added a new chapter to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. 29 U.S.C. §§ 1161-68. Employers providing health care as a fringe benefit must permit some, former employees and their dependents to continue participating in the health plan. (We call all qualified persons “ex-employees,”, glossing over the cases of dependents and divorced spouses that are not important here.) Ex-employees must be given an opportunity to elect coverage, and the plan may charge them a price based on the costs it incurs in covering an average employee. Such…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Fourco Glass Co. v. Transmirra Products Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
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