RAASCH v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE

No. 2007AP357.

750 N.W.2d 492 (2008)

2008 WI App 54

Erwin C. RAASCH, Randall B. Schopf, King T. Monaghan, Cornelius Mirr, Joseph C. Kulakowski, Thomas L. Piorier, George Wickboldt, James Karbouski, Donald C. Rode, Daniel A. Zaharias, Robert L. Singer, Thaddeus J. Golos, Frank M. Arndt, Thomas F. Brennand, Robert Filut, John R. Torpy, Thomas J. Templin, William Voeltner, Paul Helminiak, Noel E. Nogalski, Jose R. Calballero, Clifford W. Bertling, Lawrence W. Lee, Donald J. Pluta, George Rejman, John P. McClintock, Thomas A. Davey, Jr., James H. Greeley, Edward B. Juul, James H. Radke, Charles L. Zacharias, Darrell Smerz, Daniel D. Tetzlaff, David Howard, Richard Kolo, Lyle A. Lance, Thomas O. Klatt, Bonita Buetow, Phyllis P. Pluskota, Michael R. Horbinski, Sr., Georgianna Czaplewski, Donald F. Ponik, Gladys M. Koller, Donald G. Gigante, Joseph A. Vitucci, Ervin L. Pieterzak, Richard L. Szentes, Richard Kraft, James G. Werner, Dwayne K. Kolterman, Donald Horn, Erwin Boehme, Walter R. Radke, Bernard F. Gosh, Robert F. Krejci, Richard A. Lueders, Donald J. Mazur, James R. Dombrowski, Kenneth A. Holdmann, Elaine Ballering, John O. Klug, Raymond G. Gaffke, Marcella A. Stachowiak, Gale LeFebvre, Louise Flood, John J. Heck, Gerald J. Kass, Donna J. Kegel, Robert J. Lyman, Nick Vasiljevich and James Flynn, Plaintiffs-Appellants James Franken, Joyce M. Ulatowski, Wendy S. Strande, Gerald J. Helfenstein, Russell K. Ewert and Charles B. Lindsey, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE and Milwaukee Employes' Retirement System Annuity and Pension Board, Defendants-Respondents. Robert J. Puls, Thomas E. Repischak, Robert Thode, David R. Schildt, John E. Dunn, James A. Marx, Tom Milkowski, Paul M. Wroblewski, Patrick Ellis, Michael Bartlett, Allan J. Miller, Rollie Axt, John K. Blakney, Tom Kondrakiewicz, Ralph J. Gull, Kenneth J. Elias, Pamela Hansen, Jerry J. Backes, Paul Udvare, Richard Derse, Kenneth J. Majewski, Thomas P. Schultz, Jerome R. Fuhrman, Stephen R. Gabb, Mark G. Morawetz, Charles M. Dirnbauer, Thomas E. Hacker, Michael C. Geboy, Michael P. Flynn, Thomas J. Kamoske, Donald E. Kuehn, Charles K. Myers, Ronald H. Saffert, William J. Lowe, Earl W. Ridgway, William R. Bartel, Gary T. Marks, Milton C. Reich, Edward A. Connelly and Joseph W. Kristian, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants Ralph L. Sayers, Jr., Marvin J. Palk, John R. Wachniak and Frederick Galbrecht, Plaintiffs, v. City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee Employes' Retirement System Annuity and Pension Board, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed March 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Donald Roy Fraker of Fraker Law Firm, S.C., Mequon.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Grant F. Langley, city attorney and Maurita Houren, assistant city attorney, Milwaukee.

Before FINE, SNYDER and KESSLER, JJ.


¶ 1 FINE, J.

One-hundred and eleven plaintiffs in Milwaukee County circuit-court consolidated cases 2004-CV-8584 and 2004-CV-8585 appeal the circuit court's dismissal on summary judgment of their complaints. Ten plaintiffs have not appealed.

¶ 2 Appellants are either City of Milwaukee police officers or City of Milwaukee firefighters who claim to be entitled to disability benefits granted to other Milwaukee

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