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File #: 981036    Version:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/30/1998 In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 11/24/1998
Effective date:    
Title: Substitute resolution authorizing payment of judgment in the case entitled Robert Pasko, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, et al., Court of Appeals No. 97-2135
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: LITIGATION, SUITS PAYMENT
NUMB:
981036

VERS:
SUBSTITUTE 1
REF:

XXBY:
THE CHAIR
TITL:
Substitute resolution authorizing payment of judgment in the case entitled Robert Pasko, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, et al., Court of Appeals No. 97-2135
ANLS:
-Analysis-

This resolution authorizes payment of the judgment and other matters appurtenant thereto in Robert Pasko, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, et al., Court of Appeals No. 97-2135. The final judgment entered in favor of plaintiffs in the trial court amounts to the sum of $149,297.21, including court costs, plus costs on appeal, and interest payable on the judgment through the date of payment.


BODY:
Whereas, The 23 named plaintiffs filed an action in the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County against the City of Milwaukee, the City of Milwaukee Police Department and others; and

Whereas, The action was based upon a breach of contract claim relating to a construction of the 1991-1992 collective bargaining agreement between the City of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Police Association and the controversy related to the provision in the contract that required the plaintiff police officers to be paid at the rate prescribed by the contract for the position of Police Alarm Operators for the time spent performing the duties of Police Alarm Operators; and

Whereas, The trial judge ruled in favor of plaintiffs on a motion for summary judgment and ultimately entered a final judgment in favor of plaintiffs in the sum of $149,297.21, including costs (a copy of which is appended to the file as Exhibit 1) and the defendants appealed the judgment to the Court of Appeals of the State of Wisconsin; and

Whereas, On October 6, 1998, the Court of Appeals of the State of Wisconsin issued a decision affirming the judgment (a copy of which is appended to the file as Exhibit 2); and

Whereas, The appeals have been pursued and lost, and the amount of the judgment must be paid in the amount of $3,086.06, which represents court costs; $...

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