A unanimous panel on July 11 affirmed a March 2010 judgment by Judge James P. Jones of Western District of Virginia, which followed a jury verdict.

The 2005 collective bargaining agreement at issue in Quesenberry v. Volvo Trucks North America Retiree Healthcare Benefit Plan is between Volvo and the union at a Volvo plant in Pulaski County, Va. The United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Workers of America and UAW Local 2069 have represented the plant’s employees and retirees since the mid-1970s.