Colorado Springs Fire Fighters Ass'n, Local 5 v. City of Colorado Springs

In this class action lawsuit the appellant, the City of Colorado Springs (City), appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs/appellees. The trial court held that a 1966 city ordinance which provided that the City would pay the health insurance premiums for retired city employees created a vested quasi-pension type benefit. It also found that the two ordinances subsequently adopted by the city council, which limited the City’s premium contribution, were an unconstitutional impairment of the plaintiffs’ contractual rights in violation of article II, section…