PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A lawsuit filed by more than 60 public-sector retirees against the city of Providence over its pension reform agreement is headed to trial.
WPRI-TV reports city solicitor Jeffrey Dana says the trial is expected to begin April 4.
The November 2013 lawsuit was filed in opposition to a settlement between the city, its municipal unions and retirees that froze 3 percent cost-of-living adjustments for 10 years.
The agreement also shifted retirees over the age of 65 to Medicare and eliminated 5 percent and 6 percent cost-of-living adjustments indefinitely. Superior Court Judge Sarah Taft-Carter approved the pension settlement last year.
An attorney for the city says the case is unlikely to be resolved before the trial.
