Court Says GM Can't Start Taking Offsets from Disabled Retiree's Comp Benefits

The Michigan Court of Appeals last week ruled that General Motors could not reduce a former employee's workers' compensation benefits to account for the income from his disability pension, seven years after he retired. Some 1,800 disabled GM retirees started getting smaller benefit checks in 2010, as the Detroit-based automaker was struggling to emerge from bankruptcy. If the court's ruling in Estate of Arbuckle v. General Motors stands, those retirees will be getting their lost income back. But whether the decision will stand remains to be seen. GM Spokesman Pete Trenes said We...