Legal Opinion
Cioch v. Treasurer of Ludlow
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 10, 2007PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
This appeal brings us to the intersection of the statutory health insurance system for retired municipal *691employees2 and municipal fiscal considerations.3 We are asked to consider whether G. L. c. 32B precludes a municipality from barring initial enrollment of an employee into its municipal health insurance plans after she has retired.4 We conclude that because the broad authority afforded to a municipality does not require it to emolí retirees who were not plan participants on retirement, a municipality may follow a policy precluding participation by retirees who, although eligible for…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Hayon v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. of New EnglandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- TBI, Inc. v. Board of HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Ludlow Education Ass'n v. Town of LudlowMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1991
- Gordon v. SAFETY INSURANCE CO.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Boston Gas Co. v. City of SomervilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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3Cited by8 opinions
- City of Somerville v. Commonwealth Employment Relations BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Galenski v. Town of ErvingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Twomey v. Town of MiddleboroughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Retirement Board of Stoneham v. Contributory Retirement Appeal BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Boss v. Town of LeverettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2020
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