GM does not owe $450 million in health benefits to retirees of Delphi, a former subsidiary of the company, a U.S. District Court judge in Detroit ruled.

The payments were part of a contract GM reached with the UAW in 2007. However, when the automaker came out of bankruptcy in 2009, a new contract negotiated with the union did not include the medical benefits.

The UAW argued that GM was still on the hook after Delphi escaped its own bankruptcy in 2009.

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