Supreme Court of Connecticut
Awdziewicz v. Meriden
June 9, 2015
Summary
The court affirmed the judgment for the city, holding that the governing charter provision and stipulated judgment tied retirees’ health-insurance benefits to those provided to active employees and therefore permitted the city to impose the same cost-sharing requirement on retirees. It also upheld the exclusion of evidence concerning additional benefits in later collective bargaining agreements and the refusal to consider an unpleaded statutory claim. The court declined to reach constitutional and implied-covenant claims because they depended on the rejected interpretation of the pension documents.