Tiller v. City of Philadelphia Board of Pensions & Retirement

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

Robert Tiller, Odis McAdams, Thomas Hunter, and Raymond Albert (collectively, Appellants) appeal from a September 15, 2000, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) affirming a decision of the City of Philadelphia Board of Pensions and Retirement (Pension Board). The dispute concerns whether the amount of the workers’ compensation benefits offset against Appellants’ service-connected disability retirement pensions (Pensions) should be reduced by the amount of the attorney’s fees that Appellants paid to secure the workers’ compensation…