United States Seventh Circuit

Denial of class certification and grant of summary judgment for defendant-employer is affirmed on a claim for lifetime health-care benefits under ERISA by employees where no legally sufficient agreement between the parties existed to support plaintiffs' claim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/25/2005
• Decided 02/08/2006
• Published 02/08/2006

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Cary Hammond (argued), Diekemper, Hammond, Shinners, Turcotte & Larrew, St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas E. Wack (argued), Bryan Cave, St. Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellees.