Legal Opinion
In re Sears Retiree Group Life Insurance Litigation
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided October 26, 2000No. 97 C 7453PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
MORAN, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiffs are retired former employees of Sears Roebuck & Co. (Sears) who allege that their retirement benefits were reduced under the Sears Group Life Insurance Plan in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. Plaintiffs now seek class certification of two counts of their complaint. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is denied.
BACKGROUND
The underlying facts are detailed in our order entered earlier this year, In re Sears Retiree Group Life Ins. Litig., 90 F.Supp.2d 940…
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