The city of Tampa has to pay over $1 million in legal fees as part of a class action settlement to resolve claims by firefighters and police officers over pension benefits, the Florida Supreme Court ruled in a 6-1 decision.
Florida has two statutes under which parties are entitled to be paid fees when they prevail in suits over minimum pension benefits owed to firefighters and police officers. The laws also authorize Florida municipalities to enact local pension plans. At issue was whether the fee-shifting provisions apply in lawsuits seeking to enforce pension benefits under local plans.
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