Legal Opinion
George G. Wise v. El Paso Natural Gas Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1993No. 92-8125PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of their former employer, El Paso Natural Gas Company (which, along with its successors in interest, we refer to as “El Paso”). In October 1985, El Paso informed its workers that anyone who retired after a specified cut-off date would no longer have their health insurance paid by the company. Plaintiffs, upset that they “must devote a substantial portion of what was anticipated to be disposable retirement income to pay escalating health insurance premiums,” argue that El Paso is…
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