Hart v. Washington County Rural Fire Protection District No. 1

Defendant appeals from a declaratory judgment finding plaintiffs entitled to receive pension benefits under a pension plan enacted by defendant in 1973 (the original plan). Defendant amended the original plan after it became clear that the plan was not actuarially sound and contends that plaintiffs are entitled to benefits under the new plan only. We affirm.

Plaintiffs were employes of defendant who retired after July 1,1973, the effective date of the original pension plan adopted by defendant, and before July 1, 1976, the effective date of the amended plan. The original plan was apparently…