Newport Township v. Margalis

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

Newport Township (Township) and.. the Newport Township Board of Commissioners (Commissioners) ap peal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, which granted William Margalis’s motion for summary judgment in his mandamus action to compel payment of his Blue Cross and Blue Shield retirement benefits. We affirm.

William Margalis began his employment with the Township on July 16, 1948. On October 2, 1972, the Commissioners unanimously adopted the following Resolution:

That the Township continue to carry on its Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Major Medical Plan,…