An attorney for the five who sued said as many as 100 firefighters could be impacted, and they are seeking $100 million.
A group of D.C. firefighters who want to retire sued the District on Thursday, alleging officials reneged on promises to let them transfer to a more generous pension plan after the city’s fire and ambulance services merged more than 15 years ago.The five firefighters filed the suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Their attorney said as many as 100 firefighters could be impacted, and they are seeking $100 million.
The five members who are suing were hired as EMTs or paramedics. When they also became firefighters in later years after the merger, the lawsuit says they were promised verbally and in writing that they would shift from a 401-type retirement plan, which is available to them and most other city employees, into a more lucrative, defined benefit plan available only to firefighters and police officers.
A spokesman for the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department referred questions about the lawsuit to the Office of the Attorney General, which defends city agencies in litigation. A spokeswoman for that office declined to comment. The mayor’s office did not respond to an inquiry.Ricardo Clark, a firefighter who has been with the department nearly 34 years and is part of the lawsuit, called it unfair that he would have to work longer to retire with the money he said had been promised.
Melissa Turner, a 20-year veteran, said it was “heartbreaking” that she would not be able to retire as she had planned. “We give everything to serve the citizens, 24 hours a day,” she said.
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