Injured Police Officer Can't Increase Pension Benefit After Soliciting Re-Evaluation

The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that an injured police officer was not entitled to a higher award of pension benefits after he asked an independent medical examiner to provide a re-evaluation using a different version of the American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. Case: Fagan v. City of Stamford, No. AC 38836, 01/30/2018, published. Facts and procedural history: Paul Fagan began working as a police officer for the City of Stamford in July 2004. In October 2012, he informed that the department and the Policemen’s Pension Trust Fund Board...