Visteon retirees asks federal judge to halt termination of health benefits

Visteon retirees file emergency motion on benefits

DOVER, Del. — Former workers for auto parts supplier Visteon Corp. are pushing ahead with their fight to preserve their retiree health and life insurance benefits.

The retirees filed an emergency motion Thursday asking a federal judge in Delaware to halt the company’s plan to terminate benefits for some 2,100 people who worked at two Visteon plants in Indiana on April 1.

The emergency motion asks that the company specifically not be allowed to terminate benefits for 840 retirees who are not eligible for Medicare until their appeal of a bankruptcy judge’s decision is heard.

The bankruptcy judge earlier this week upheld his decision authorizing the company to terminate the benefits. He says Visteon had the legal right to do so and the retirees had little chance of winning their appeal.