Jury rules for former Kalkaska employee in benefits case
Thomas' attorney,
"The agreement in 1996 was written by non-lawyers, and so it was not well-drafted," Di Giacomo said. "The contract was ambiguous."
Thomas and other employees put salary equaling
The village switched to paying for benefits from the general fund.
Di Giacomo said he introduced evidence at a three-day trial in
Questions to the village were referred to Village President
Village Trustee
She said the contract doesn't require the village to pay for benefits.
"The contract said the payments for retiree health insurance come from their wage concession," Banko said. "That fund was no longer solvent, so we're paying it out of the village taxpayers' general fund."
Village officials told the Record-Eagle in
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