[Nfbmo] Missouri appeals court overturns blind pension ruling

[Dewey Bradley]

I'm just afraid we are going to draw attention to it, and they will cut it, 
just like every other state has done.
allot of blind people do not understand that money don't grow on trees.
We have an out dated and under used school for the blind, but they want to 
keep it open, but we are broke.
Missouri is good to blind people, but some people are going to mess that up.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Coulter" <escoulter at centurytel.net>
To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Missouri appeals court overturns blind pension ruling


> That is the $23 million question. With the state having closed 7 Family
> Support offices in the last 6 months and not hiring anyone but the most
> critical positions it is fair to say that paying the money would be a 
> major
> challenge.
> And it is not like the Federal government as they cannot simply print more
> money.
> That is a very profound question but currently I fear one that cannot be
> answered.
> Gene
>
> From: Dewey Bradley
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 10:23 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Missouri appeals court overturns blind pension ruling
>
> If they have to pay us back, where are they going to get the money?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary Wunder" <GWunder at earthlink.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 9:27 PM
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>
>> This is how I read it as well.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of fred olver
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 4:27 PM
>> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Missouri appeals court overturns blind pension 
>> ruling
>>
>> The fact that this case has been over-turned may be true, however if you
>> take the time to read the story you will find that it says that the
>> benefits
>>
>> will need to be re-calculated, not that the case was thrown out.
>>
>> Fred Olver
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Gary Wunder" <GWunder at earthlink.net>
>> To: "'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 4:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Missouri appeals court overturns blind pension 
>> ruling
>>
>>
>>> Hi Gary. Thanks for the update.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Horchem Gary
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 4:13 PM
>>> To: nfbmo at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [Nfbmo] Missouri appeals court overturns blind pension ruling
>>>
>>> Hello folks found this on the Springfield News Leader's website
>>>
>>>
>>> JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri appeals court has overturned a
>>> ruling awarding $30 million in back payments and interest to several
>>> thousand blind residents.
>>> The decision this week by a panel of the Western District State Court of
>>> Appeals says the class action lawsuit brought by blind pension fund
>>> recipients should have been subject to a five-year statute of
>>> limitations.
>>>
>>> In March, a Cole County judge ruled the state owed $18.8 million to make
>>> up for underpayments to blind Missourians from 1992 onward and $11.3
>>> million of interest on that unpaid money. The appeals court said the
>>> statute of limitations bars them from recouping payments before Feb. 16,
>>> 2001, which was five years before the lawsuit was filed.
>>>
>>> The case was sent back to a circuit judge to recalculate the payments.
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