Cosgrove v. City of Waterbury

Opinion

NORCOTT, J.

The plaintiff, John P. Cosgrove, a former police officer of the defendant city of Waterbury (city), appeals 1 from the judgment of the trial court dismissing his appeal from the decision of the defendant retirement board of the city (board), which awarded him a disability pension in the amount of 75 percent of his annual compensation. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the trial court improperly dismissed his appeal from the decision of the board because: (1) both a “common sense interpretation” of the controlling collective bargaining agreement and the Appellate Court…