Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit December 6, 2001, Docket No. 00-9490 (Abbruscato v. Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield)

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

In this case brought pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq, appellants challenge defendant-appellee Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s (“Empire”) reduction in life insurance benefits to former employees who retired after January 1, 1989. Our decision in Kunkel v. Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, 274 F.3d 76 (2d Cir.