CSEA sues Niagara County over health insurance
The suit was filed Friday in
However, the suit says it's a class action case that could affect anywhere from 240 to 500 retired CSEA members who left county government between 1983 and 2007.
The lawsuit, filed by attorney
The county then was providing retirees with traditional BlueCross BlueShield coverage, the most wide-ranging policy available to public employees.
County Manager
The suit says that on
Neither Glatz nor County Attorney
In
The court ruled that as long as the contract language is clear, all members were entitled to the same health insurance coverage that was in effect in their union contract the day they retired.
In making that ruling, the court followed a 2013
Madarasz said the case deals with a state law called the Moratorium Statute, which says retiree health care can't be cut unless there is a corresponding cut to benefits of active employees.
In 2011, the Falls district increased retirees' co-pays by
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