August 08, 2025
A West Virginia federal judge on Friday handed a win to PPG Industries Inc. in a dispute over retiree life insurance, ruling after a bench trial that the paint and coatings company was allowed to use a merger to transfer benefit management to an entity that later terminated coverage.
February 07, 2024
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.
May 24, 2023
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.
June 29, 2021
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.
September 04, 2020
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.