QUOTE: ....Lawyers for the veterans and the federal government were in court today seeking the approval of settlements worth $70 million for retired RCMP officers and $38.6 million for military veterans. The RCMP case involves officers whose long-term disability payments were cut by the same amount they received in monthly disability pension payments through Veterans Affairs. David White, the lead plaintiff in the RCMP class-action, says the roughly 1,000 retired Mounties with disabilities who would be covered by their agreement are supportive of the deal and are eager to close the case. White says the $70-million agreement would mean that the clawback would end for all RCMP veterans now receiving benefits and Mounties who are medically released in the future. The $38.6-million settlement in the lawsuit involving military veterans was reached on the cost of living provisions with veterans who were awarded an $887.8-million settlement last year. At issue in that case was a long-standing federal practice of clawing back the military pensions of injured soldiers by the amount of disability payments they received. UNQUOTE
Posted on: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 21:52:35 +0000