Legal Opinion
Sprague v. General Motors Corp.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided October 23, 1992No. 90-CV-70010PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FEIKENS, District Judge.
A putative plaintiff class of approximates ly 40,000 non-union salaried retirees of the General Motors Corporation (“GM”) sues under the Employee Retirement Income Se curity Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). They seek a judgment which would require GM to furnish them with basic health care-coverage at no cost to them for their life-times,■ and for the: life-times of their surviving spouses. At issue is whether plaintiffs are entitled to a jury trial. In this opinion, I find that plaintiffs are not entitled to a jury trial under ERISA or under the Seventh…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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- Ross v. BernhardSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Robert D. Sprague, Plaintiffs-Appellees/cross-Appellants v. General Motors Corporation, Defendant-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- Robert D. Sprague v. General Motors Corporation, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
- Alexander v. Primerica Holdings, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1993
- Richards v. General Motors Corp.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1994
- Simpson v. Ernst & YoungDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1994
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