Bertrand v. City of Lake Charles

STOKER, Judge.

In this single consolidated action six former police officers of the Lake Charles City Police Department seek to obtain a refund of monies deducted from their paychecks which were placed in a policemen’s pension fund. The facts are not in dispute. After trial the trial court rejected the plaintiffs’ claims for refunds.

FACTS

When plaintiffs were employed they were required to participate in a pension plan administered by the City of Lake Charles. The Lake Charles plan (as we will refer to it in this opinion) was authorized and set up under a State statute, LSA-R.S. 33:2221, et…