July 28, 2015
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. got another chance to challenge a union's victory in a fight over changes made in retiree lifetime health benefits Monday when the Sixth Circuit agreed to send the class action back to district court for reconsideration in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.
March 05, 2015
The United Automobile Workers union has told the Sixth Circuit that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision decrying the circuit court's long-held retiree-friendly interpretation of employment law has no impact on its finding that TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. owes a group of retirees lifetime health benefits.
February 25, 2015
A group of retirees that recently won a favorable ruling in a health benefits class action against TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. told the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision has no impact on the case and should not be the basis for the appeals court to reconsider its earlier holding.
February 19, 2015
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. told the Sixth Circuit Tuesday it must abandon prior precedent and nix claims the company's retirees are entitled to lifetime health care because of a sea change in the way collective bargaining agreements must be read after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
February 04, 2015
The Sixth Circuit asked TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. and retirees suing the company Tuesday to address how a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that took issue with the appellate court's application of a retiree-friendly ruling on lifetime health benefits impacts the TRW retirees' own class action.
August 22, 2014
The Sixth Circuit on Thursday refused to lift a stay blocking TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. retirees' bid for rehearing of their health benefits class action, despite the plaintiffs' argument that a pending U.S. Supreme Court case over retiree health care benefits deals with different union contracts.
July 25, 2014
A pending U.S. Supreme Court case over retiree health care benefits shouldn't block TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.'s bid for rehearing in a separate health benefits class action because the union contracts underlying each case are different, the TRW plaintiffs told the Sixth Circuit on Thursday.
May 08, 2014
Pointing to a pending U.S. Supreme Court case raising questions about retiree health benefits, TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. urged the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday to reconsider a ruling in favor of a class of retired union workers who challenged a change in their health plan.
April 22, 2014
The Sixth Circuit upheld a victory Tuesday for a class of retired union workers who sued TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. over a switch from group insurance coverage to health reimbursement accounts, ruling that the unilateral move ran afoul of collective bargaining agreements.