Board of Pensions & Retirement v. Christy

PALLADINO, Judge.

The Board of Pensions and Retirement of the City of Philadelphia (Board) and Carmen Christy (Christy), Albert Mazzo (Mazzo) and John Anderson (Anderson) cross appeal from two orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) which directed the Board to pay pension benefits to Christy, Mazzo, and Anderson (collectively, Appellees). We reverse.

Appellees are former employees of the City of Philadelphia (City), each of whom had vested pension benefits under *369the Municipal Employee Retirement System at the time of their dismissal from the City’s police…