United States Second Circuit

Defendant-Honeywell is obligated to remedy a drastic reduction in plaintiffs' health benefits where it is liable to plaintiffs under the terms of an agreement that defendant's predecessor entered into.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/09/2004
• Published 08/09/2004

Judges

• WESLEY, Circuit Judge.1, Before:  CALABRESI and WESLEY, Circuit Judges, and SCULLIN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• William A. Wertheimer, Jr., Special Counsel for Litigation, International Union, UAW (Daniel W. Sherrick, General Counsel, Catherine J. Trafton, Associate General Counsel, Niraj R. Ganatra, Associate General Counsel, on the brief), Detroit, MI, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Joseph A. Costello, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA (Richard D. Bernstein, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee., Hugh C. Carlin, Gross, Shuman, Brizdle & Gilfillan, P.C., Buffalo, NY, for Third-Party-Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants Motor Components, L.L.C. and BAM Enterprises, Inc., John W. Allen, Varnum Riddering Schmidt & Howlett LLP (Joseph J. Vogan, Anthony R. Comden, on the brief), Grand Rapids, MI, for Third-Party-Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants Mark IV Industries, Inc., Arvinmeritor, Inc., and Purolator Products Co.