January 17, 2019
PPG Industries Inc. will pay a class of retirees $7.65 million and ensure them health benefits through 2025 to settle allegations that the paint and chemical company wrongly cut off promised lifetime health benefits, the retirees told an Ohio federal court Thursday.
June 27, 2018
Paint and chemical company PPG has told an Ohio federal court it reached a settlement in principle with a group of retirees in a class action accusing the company of rolling back lifetime health benefits that were promised in a series of union contracts.
April 04, 2018
A class of PPG Industries Inc. retirees accusing the company of rolling back lifetime health benefits that were promised in a series of union contracts has shot back at the company's bid for a quick win, telling an Ohio federal judge on Tuesday that PPG has either "misapplied" ordinary contract principles or completely ignored them.
March 06, 2018
A class of PPG Industries Inc. retirees accusing the company of rolling back lifetime health benefits that were promised in a series of union contracts urged a federal judge on Tuesday for a quick win on liability, a move accompanied by a similar bid from a subclass of retirees from an Ohio plant.
January 05, 2018
An Ohio federal judge on Friday certified a class of PPG Industries Inc. retirees who accuse the company of rolling back lifetime health benefits that had been promised in a series of union contracts, but also advised the parties to the 12-year-old suit to get things moving.