Bellon et al v. The PPG Employee Life and Other Benefits Plan et al

  1. February 07, 2024

    Retirees Seek Case-Ending Sanctions In PPG Benefits Fight

    PPG should face sanctions for destroying evidence to defeat allegations that it illegally terminated retired workers' life insurance benefits following a merger, the retirees told a West Virginia federal court, saying the company can't minimize the destruction as a mere mistake.

  2. May 24, 2023

    Judge Recommends Class Cert. In PPG Life Insurance Dispute

    A West Virginia federal magistrate judge recommended certifying a class of several hundred retirees of PPG Industries Inc. who accused the company of unlawfully terminating life insurance benefits following a company merger, ruling the workers didn't need to have individual knowledge of whether their benefits had been vested.

  3. June 29, 2021

    PPG Defeats Ex-Workers' Life Insurance Eligibility Suit

    PPG Industries Inc. defeated a lawsuit over its retirees' eligibility for life insurance, with a West Virginia federal judge ruling that the paint company did nothing wrong by using a merger to transfer benefit management to an entity that later relinquished retirees' life insurance benefits.

  4. September 04, 2020

    Ex-PPG Workers Want Class Treatment In Life Insurance Suit

    A group of former PPG employees have asked a West Virginia federal judge to let them move forward as a class in their ERISA suit claiming the paint manufacturer transferred the responsibility for their life insurance benefits to another company knowing the benefits would get cut.