Bova v. City of Medford

This consolidated appeal involves a series of judgments entered in favor of plaintiff, a now-retired employee of the City of Medford, in his class action suit for declaratory and injunctive relief against the city and its city manager.1 The factual premise of plaintiffs suit is simple and undisputed: The city made health care insurance coverage available to plaintiff and other city employees who were members of the class, but it did not offer that same coverage to the class members when they retired. The trial court concluded that, in failing to offer that coverage, the city violated ORS…