HOCHALTER v. CITY OF GILLETTE

No. 05-15.

120 P.3d 674 (2005)

2005 WY 125

Bonnie A. HOCHALTER; James A. Hloucal; Paige Wells; Roger Dale Brown; Gene E. Linn; Bonnie J. Driskill; J. Lee Varvaro; Steven C. Rozier; Kevin J. McGrath; and Nolan Peacock as Representatives of the Class City of Gillette, Campbell County, Wyoming Employees, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. CITY OF GILLETTE, Wyoming, Appellee (Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

September 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellants: H.W. Rasmussen, Sheridan, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee: Charles W. Anderson, Gillette City Attorney; Bradley T. Cave and Matt J. Micheli of Holland & Hart, LLP, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Argument by Mr. Cave.

Before HILL, C.J., and GOLDEN, KITE, and BURKE, JJ., and KALOKATHIS, D.J.


KITE, Justice.

[¶ 1] The city of Gillette (Gillette) adopted a Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual which indicated Gillette would provide certain health and life insurance benefits to long-term employees following retirement. In 2003, Gillette adopted a revised manual which provided a limited amount of money to an irrevocable trust to fund the insurance benefits to those qualified employees and eliminated some benefits previously offered. Ten employees ...

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