United States Eighth Circuit

Where a summary retirement plan description does not contain vesting language and unambiguously reserves to the plan provider the right to change retirement benefits, the provider may increase premiums for retired employees' medical benefits.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/28/2002
• Published 02/28/2002

Judges

• BATTEY, District Judge., BEFORE:  WOLLMAN  and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and BATTEY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Matthew B. Newman, argued, Savage, MN (Daniel J. Boivin, Ronald I. Meshbesher, Seymour J. Mansfield, Richard J. Fuller, Denise Y. Tataryn, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John D. French, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Daniel C. Gerhan, Paul W. Heiring, Tina L. Lorleberg, on the brief), for appellee.