· 8/9/2004
Laforest v. Former Clean Air Holding Co.
Citations
- 376 F.3d 48
- 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 14616
How courts have described this case
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- holding that \the termination of medical benefits will ground a claim of irreparable harm\
- finding district court did not abuse its discretion in holding that retirees had shown irreparable harm in a reduction in healthcare benefits which would have adverse health results
- plaintiff retirees whose coverage was reduced had experienced an actual impact as a result of the change in health coverage, including “an imminent threat that they would have to forego needed prescriptions”
- plaintiffs’ evidence regarding six absent class members who faced increased costs and the threat of having to forego their prescriptions was representative of the class, which consisted of elderly retirees whose average age was 83
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Judges: Calabresi, Wesley, Scullin
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