Lalli v. New Haven

Citations

• 230 Conn. App. 863

Syllabus

The plaintiffs, all retired police officers who had previously worked for the defendant city, appealed from the trial court's judgment for the defendant on their complaint alleging, inter alia, breach of a collective bargaining agreement between the defendant and a union governing the defendant's police force. On appeal, the plaintiffs, former members of the union, claimed that the court improperly determined that the plaintiffs, as retirees and not active employees, were not entitled to retroactive wages pursuant to the terms of the collective bargaining agreement. Held: The trial court properly determined that the defendant did not breach the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, as the agreement unambigu- ously provided that, to be eligible for retroactive wages, a member of the union must be an active employee on the date of distribution, and all but one of the plaintiffs had retired prior to the first distribution date. Argued January 8—officially released February 25, 2025