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Appeals Court Weighs Request to Reopen Settlement Over Retirement-Credit Contingency
Summary
Plaintiff sought to reopen a 2022 settlement after the city’s retirement board did not grant retroactive service credit; the city argues the parties dismissed the case with prejudice and waived Rule 60(b) rights.
The Appeals Court heard argument over whether a plaintiff may reopen a previously approved settlement and stipulation of dismissal after a municipal retirement board declined to implement an element of the agreement.
Harold Licton, counsel for former Revere Police Chief Joseph Caffarelli, said the settlement agreement specifically conditioned effectiveness on both court approval and approval by the Revere retirement board that would grant two years of creditable service. Licton said the…
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