Legal Opinion
Sprague v. General Motors Corp.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided February 2, 1994No. 2:90-cv-70010PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FEIKENS, District Judge.
Table of Contents
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I. Background 269
II. Issue Presented 270
III. Contentions of the Parties 270
IV. The Class Action 271
V. History of Health Care and Early Retirement Benefits 273
A. Health Care Benefits 273
B. Early Retirement 274
VI. Summary of Evidence Concerning Information Given To Early Retirees 278
VII. Analysis 299
A. Did GM Contract with the Early Retirees? 300
B. What Evidence may be Relied on to Interpret the Contracts? 301
C. Did the Contracts Include Health Care? 306
D. What Health Care Benefits Were Promised? 308
VIII. Conclusion 319
I. BACKGROUND
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2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Martin Hansen, Cross-Appellee v. The Continental Insurance Company and Commercial Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Robert L. Musto v. American General CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Virginia Armistead, Cross-Appellants v. Vernitron Corporation Aie--Division of Vernitron Group Insurance Plan, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Robert D. Sprague, Plaintiffs-Appellees/cross-Appellants v. General Motors Corporation, Defendant-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- Benito T. Perez, Jr. v. Aetna Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
- Fuller v. Fruehauf Trailer Corp.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1996
- McCart v. Chief Executive Officer in Charge, Independent Federal Credit UnionIndiana Court of Appeals · 1995
- Robert D. Sprague v. General Motors Corporation, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
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