COCHRANE v. CITY OF CHARLOTTE

No. COA00-1368.

559 S.E.2d 260 (2002)

Lloyd M. COCHRANE v. CITY OF CHARLOTTE.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DeVore, Acton & Stafford, P.A., by Fred W. DeVore, III, Charolette, for petitioner-appellee.

Assistant City Attorney Hope A. Root, Charolette, for respondent-appellant.

Special Deputy Attorney General Alexander McC. Peters, Amicus Curiae for The Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Local Government Employees' Retirement System, the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System of North Carolina, and of the Retirement Systems Division, Department of State Treasurer.


THOMAS, Judge.

Respondent, the City of Charlotte (City), appeals a declaratory judgment finding a former police officer to be eligible for a special separation allowance.

The separation allowance is a monthly supplemental payment lasting up to seven years that is payable to officers who, among other requirements, retire before reaching age sixty-two.

Petitioner, Lloyd M. Cochrane, Jr. (Cochrane), retired from the City of Charlotte police force on a...

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