Our Health Update
October 2, 2009
Retired Detroit Police and Fire Fighters Association

On September 26TH, Judge Torres gave final approval to the healthcare settlement. On Thursday, October 1ST, The City made their first of three payments to our attorney.

Our Attorney is processing the money and has indicated that members of the class should be receiving a check for approximately $550 within the next several weeks.
 
Open enrollment is still scheduled to begin during the month of October.

Our Health Care Is Over
Updated August 27, 2009
Retired Detroit Police and Fire Fighters Association

Today Judge Torres entered an order of dismissal of the healthcare case and put on the record that open enrollment will begin around October 1, 2009 and will be implemented January 1, 2010.

The Healthcare settlement was reached outside of court, through negotiations. In order for the settlement to be implemented the lawsuit needed to be dismissed. At yesterdays Hearing Judge Torres gave final approval to the settlement agreement, after all parties agreed to the settlement and agreed to Dismiss the Lawsuit.

House Bill 4917 Reminder: Hearings on House Bill 4917 are about to begin, so make sure you contact your State Representative and let him know that you want this Bill passed. SEE BELOW!

Contact Information: 586-795-1734

Health  Care Settlement Update
August 4, 2009
Retired Detroit Police and Fire Fighters Association

Attorney Chris Legghio is in the process of mailing out the Healthcare Settlement to all members of the Class Action Suit.
 
You can view The Detroit Police and Fire Fighter Retirees' Healthcare Class Action Settlement at www.dpfretiree.com and you should be receiving a hardcopy via US Mail shortly.

Pension Lawsuit Update
Updated April 27, 2009
Retired Detroit Police and Fire Fighters Association

A court hearing is scheduled for Friday, May 1, 2009 at 9 AM in Chief Judge Virgil Smith's Courtroom 701, 7th floor of The Detroit City County Building, 2 Woodward Ave. We've were notified by our attorney that the May 1, 2009 Court Date has been cancelled. We will notify you when we have a new court date.

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On March 18, 2008,  the court hearing was suspended and both sides agreed to meet with a facilitator, George Roumell, in an attempt to get an expedited settlement. The judge has allowed 90 days for this process and has set June 17, 2008 as the next court date if no settlement is reached.

We all owe a thank you to those members who were able to attend these hearing on our behalf.

We've received emails asking if this lawsuit was relevant to both pre 1995 and post 1995 retirees and the answer is YES. We've all been effected by the changes in our healthcare insurance and we are all part of this class action lawsuit. 

The Summary Judgement ruling was issued by Judge Torres and we received a copy on Friday, March 14, 2008.

The U.S. House held a hearing on January 16th in the House Ways & Means Sub-Committee on Social Security after the first of the year on the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset.