‘They’re Waiting for Us to Die’: 10-Year Battle Over Health Benefits for University of California Lab Retirees Heads to Trial
Ten years ago, the University of California retirees who spent their careers at Lawrence Livermore National Lab sued their former employer over a broken health care promise. After a decade of legal twists and turns, during which thousands of plaintiffs have passed away, the closely-watched case is on the verge of going to trial in Alameda County… lawyers for the University of California say a contract never existed promising lifetime health benefits through the University of California to its employees. In the first phase of this trial, however, a judge ruled in 2015 that the Regents of the University of California did, in fact, intend to create contractual benefits, and implied as much in various brochures and other communications with current and prospective employees.
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by Raj Mathai, Michael Bott, and Jeremy Carroll, NBC Bay Area.