Labor/Employment
Feb. 15, 2014
Appellate panel sides with county in suit over retiree health care
Retired Orange County employees lacked the evidence to show that a longtime health care benefit qualified as an implied contract between workers and the county, a 9th Circuit panel ruled Thursday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The state Supreme Court ruled in 2011 that a municipality can be held to an "implied contract" with public employees. But Orange County retirees who hoped that ruling would help them win a suit against the county over imposed changes to their health benefits were dealt a blow Thursday when an appellate panel ruled that they lacked sufficient evidence such a contract existed.
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