Legal Opinion
Balestracci v. NSTAR Electric & Gas Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 31, 2006No. 05-1894PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
The question in this case is whether, under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, non-union retirees of NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation (“NSTAR”) were entitled to vested lifetime dental benefits which could not be changed by NSTAR, under the terms of one of two early retirement programs (“ERPs”), one in 1997 and one in 1999. The district court granted summary judgment to NSTAR on the plaintiffs’ claims under ERISA. We affirm.
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