Court Opinion

ID: 9694846
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 17:56:46.784433+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:05.814596
License: Public Domain

*428CURLEY, P.J.
¶ 24. (dissenting). I respectfully dissent. I would adopt the trial court's thoughtful decision in which the court painstakingly sets out the flaw in Loth's logic and distinguishes his circumstances from those of the cases he cites. The bottom line is that Loth did not qualify for the no-premium-cost health insurance when the City adopted the 2002 resolution. The original resolution read:
Resolved. By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee that there shall be and is extended all present health insurance provided by Blue Cross-Blue Shield and Major Medical to general city employees who retire after January 1, 1974, and who meet all of the following qualifications:
1) Are between the ages 60-65;
2) Who have 15 or more years of city service; and
3) Who retire under the general city retirement system with an unreduced "retirement allowance:" and, be it
Further Resolved. That all benefits for such coverage as provided for in this resolution shall be paid for by the City.
Loth may have worked for the City for fifteen years and he may have intended to retire under the general city retirement system with an unreduced "retirement allowance" in 2002; however, he had not yet reached the age of 60. The trial court's order should be affirmed.