title: Retiree health benefits--no emotional distress damages. Yolton v. El Paso Tennessee Pipeline Co., 2008 WL 275685 (E.D.Mich. 1/31/08).
abstract: Plaintiffs are not entitled to emotional distress damages under the Labor-Management Relations Act (LMRA) when an employer breaches a collective bargaining agreement by failing to provide retiree health benefits. Plaintiffs may recover damages for the cost of replacement insurance incurred as a result of such a breach.
mesh_terms: D003098:Collective Bargaining / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019461:Employee Retirement Income Security Act / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007750:Labor Unions / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012179:Retirement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013714:Tennessee; D014481:United States