Legal Opinion
Kerns v. CATERPILLAR, INC.
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided June 27, 2007No. 3:06-cv-01113PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TRAUGER, District Judge.
Currently pending before the court is a motion to dismiss by the defendant (Docket No. 42), the plaintiffs’ response thereto (Docket No. 50), and the defendant’s reply to that response (Docket No. 56). For the reasons explained herein, the defendant’s motion will be DENIED.
I. Introduction
This is an action for vested lifetime health care benefits. The plaintiffs are surviving spouses of former employees of Caterpillar, Inc. (“Caterpillar”) who retired on or after March 16, 1998 and before January 10, 2005. According to the plaintiffs, this lawsuit was…
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