Xerox Retiree Gets 900-Person Class Over Health-Care Premiums

A former Xerox Corp. employee who accuses the company of improperly charging premiums to retirees receiving company-paid health insurance convinced a New York federal judge to certify his case as a class action covering about 900 people.

Xerox argued the proposed class should be narrowed to include only certain retirees who were 52 years old or younger when the company offered the 1986 early retirement program that allegedly entitled them to company-paid health coverage. According to Xerox, plaintiffs Paul Vollmer and his wife Marilyn can’t properly represent the interests of older retirees who were subject to a different vesting scheme ...