Case Name: Robert Eugene THOMAS, et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, Florida, a municipal corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-01-12
Citations: 753 So. 2d 591
Docket Number: No. 3D99-1207
Parties: Robert Eugene THOMAS, et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, Florida, a municipal corporation, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 753
Pages: 591–592

Head Matter:
Robert Eugene THOMAS, et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, Florida, a municipal corporation, Appellee.
No. 3D99-1207.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 12, 2000.
Rehearing Denied April 19, 2000.
Joel Hirsehhorn; Robert D. Klausner and Adam P. Levinson (Plantation), for appellants.
Muller, Mintz, Kornreich, Caldwell, Casey, Crosland & Bramnick and James C. Crosland and Denise M. HeeMn and John A. Walker and Marlene Quintana Morales, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We agree with the trial court both that the City of Miami Beach was permitted by the substantive law to effect a prospective reduction in the benefits payable under the alternative pension plan chosen by the appellant-employees as a matter of their own preference over the existing mandatory plan, see Nation v. City of Fort Lauderdale, 419 So.2d 630 (Fla.1982); Voorhees v. City of Miami, 145 Fla. 402, 199 So. 313 (1940); Grady v. Division of Retirement, 387 So.2d 419 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980), and that the City was not equitably estopped to assert that position. See North Am. Co. v. Green, 120 So.2d 603 (Fla.1959); City of Coral Springs v. Broward County, 387 So.2d 389 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980); Department of Revenue v. Hobbs, 368 So.2d 367 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979), appeal dismissed, 378 So.2d 345 (Fla.1979).
Affirmed.
SCHWARTZ, C.J., and LEVY, J" concur.