6th Circuit Affirms Nominal Damages Award In Municipal Pension Dispute

Mealey's (July 16, 2021, 10:07 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — Although a municipal retirement system violated a retiree’s due process rights by failing to provide him with a hearing related to the reduction of his pension benefits, it was the retiree’s failure to meet the requirements of his severance agreement, not the system’s actions, that led to the reduction, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled July 6, affirming a lower court’s award of $1 in nominal damages to the retiree....