Cates V. Cooper Tire & Rubber Company And Johnson V. Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
Goldenberg Schneider, LPA, represents a class of more than a thousand Cooper Tire retirees claiming that they are entitled to fully paid lifetime health care benefits from the company. The retirees filed ERISA and LMRA actions in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio to remove the employer “caps” on those benefits to provide the retirees those benefits at a lower cost and secure health insurance in the future. This case was successfully resolved for the benefit of the class, a settlement valued at $7 million.