Higgins v. Missouri State Employees Retirement System

MANFORD, Judge.

This is a civil class action by female employees of the state covered by the Medical Care Plan (hereinafter “Plan”) of the Missouri Employees’ Retirement System (hereinafter “MOSERS”) who conceived children prior to January 1,1984 and delivered those children after December 31, 1983. Members of the plaintiff class seek a declaratory judgment that their maternity benefits must be paid according to the 1982 Plan in effect at the time they conceived rather than according to the reduced 1984 Plan in effect at the time they delivered, injunctive relief and damages. The trial court…