Kent P. Barker v. Ceridian Corp.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, a certified class of disabled employees who receive disability benefits under a long-term disability plan, appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment for their employer, Ceridian Corporation, that allowed Ceridian to stop paying the employees’ health, dental, and life insurance premiums. The employees bring their claim under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (1994). They argue that the district court’s grant of summary judgment was erroneous because Ceridian provided vested disability benefits and…