Panel Certifies 2 Questions On Retirees’ Health Insurance Premium Increase

(December 1, 2020, 9:20 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 6 certified two questions to the New York Court of Appeals regarding whether collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) entered into by the state of New York and state employees’ unions created a vested right that prohibited an increase in health insurance premiums for retired employees during the retirees’ lifetimes after determining that the claims alleged against the state raise unresolved issues of state law (Danny Donohue, et al. v. Andrew Cuomo et al., No. 18-3193, 2nd Cir.)....