Legal Opinion
Timothy O'Brien v. Caterpillar Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 2018No. 17-2956PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sykes, Circuit Judge.
For more than half a century, Caterpillar Inc. paid unemployment benefits to laid-off employees at its manufacturing plant in Joliet, Illinois. This arrangement lasted until Caterpillar and the local union agreed to end the program in their 2012 collective-bargaining agreement. In exchange for the elimination of the benefits, Caterpillar distributed $7.8 million to certain employees who had participated in the plan. Retirement-eligible employees received a pro rata share if they agreed to retire. Those who were ineligible to retire received the same pro rata share of the…
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