Poole v. City of Waterbury

Opinion

KATZ, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal1 is whether the trial court properly concluded that the *71plaintiffs, a group of 114 retired firefighters and widows of retired firefighters2 for the named defendant, the city of Waterbury (city), have a vested right to the specific medical benefits prescribed under the collective bargaining agreement in effect at the time that the firefighters retired. The defendants3 claim that the trial court improperly: (1) construed the collective bargaining agreements as providing the plaintiffs with a vested lifetime right to the specific medical…