Striking Coca Cola Employees in Washington State File ERISA Class Action Lawsuit Complaint Against Coca Cola Over Alleged Terminated Health Care Benefit Plan.
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Coca Cola Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Coca Cola Bottling Company of Washington (“Coca Cola” or “Coke” or “Defendant”) in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle (styled Jason Ott, Bill Mauhl, Darci Hall, Mike Kelly and Sue Larsen v. Coca Cola Enterprses Inc. d/b/a Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Washington, Civil Action Case No. 2:10-cv-01388-RAJ), alleging, among other things, that Coca Cola, in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) terminated the health care benefits of certain striking Coca Cola employees after they went on strike on August 23, 2010, according to class action lawsuit news reports.
The Coca Cola terminated health care benefit class action lawsuit complaint reportedly alleges that Coca-Cola unilaterally and without notice or lawful authority ceased to permit or enable the class representatives and putative class members to make the employee contributions toward the cost of their coverage under the health benefit plan through monthly payroll deduction.
The Coca Cola ERISA class action lawsuit complaint is reportedly brought on behalf of the following class of persons, unless otherwise excluded:
All full-time regular employees of Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Washington, working at Marysville, Renton, Bellevue, Aberdeen, Tacoma, Olympia or Bremerton, Washington, who are members of Teamsters Union Locals No. 38, 117, 174, 252, 313 and 589, and who are or were on strike at any point in time from August 23, 2010 to the present.
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