Blaylock v. City of Richmond

In this appeal, twenty-three former police officers of the City of Richmond who retired under disability (the retirees) contend that the City is improperly reducing their City retirement allowances by amounts each is receiving in workers’ compensation benefits and social security disability payments.

The retirees initiated this proceeding by seeking a declaratory judgment of their rights under certain provisions of the Code of the City of Richmond. The trial court struck the retirees’s evidence and entered judgment in favor of the City. In doing so, the trial court ruled that it was…