Yolton v. El Paso Tennessee Pipeline Co.

OPINION

DUGGAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, six hourly retirees or surviving spouses of hourly retirees of the J.I. Case Company or the Case Corporation, filed this class action lawsuit seeking fully funded, lifetime retiree health care benefits. Plaintiffs brought their lawsuit on behalf of retirees and surviving spouses of retirees who retired from J.I. Case or the Case Corporation prior to July 1, 1994, the date when Case Corporation was spun-off from its parent corporation, Tenneco, Inc., and reorganized as an independent publicly owned company. The Court has not yet addressed Plaintiffs’…