Rita Kendzierski v. County of MacOmb

**301The issue here is whether plaintiffs' collective-bargaining agreements (CBAs) with defendant, Macomb County, granted plaintiffs a vested right to lifetime and unalterable retirement healthcare benefits. The trial court held that while plaintiffs are entitled to lifetime healthcare benefits, defendant can make reasonable modifications to those benefits. On appeal, the Court of Appeals held that plaintiffs are entitled to *607lifetime and unalterable healthcare benefits and that such benefits cannot be modified absent plaintiffs' consent. Because we conclude that the CBAs did not grant…