GALLAGHER v. TOWN OF FAIRFIELD

(SC 20533).

262 A.3d 742 (2021)

339 Conn. 801

James G. GALLAGHER v. TOWN OF FAIRFIELD et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released July 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine L. Creager , Fairfield, with whom was James T. Baldwin , for the appellants-cross appellees (defendants).

William J. Ward , for the appellee-cross appellant (plaintiff).

Robinson, C. J., and McDonald, D'Auria, Mullins, Kahn, Ecker and Keller, Js.


This case requires that we construe a collective bargaining agreement between the named defendant, the town of Fairfield, and its police union. The agreement took effect in 1985, at a time when federal law did not permit municipal employees to participate in the Medicare system. The agreement provides that union members who retired early...

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