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Labor/Employment

Feb. 26, 2013

Sonoma County retirement benefits dispute heads back to district court

A ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals gives the retirees' association a second chance to prove the benefits in questions were vested rights, following suit with at least four other state and federal appellate rulings.


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


An association of retired Sonoma County public employees can press on with its lawsuit to restore its members' health benefits, according to a decision Monday from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.


The ruling gives the association a second chance to prove the benefits in question were vested rights. At least four other state and federal appellate rulings have granted public employees in the...

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