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Judge Rules Against Firefighters in Pension Lawsuit

A Jasper County judge has denied a challenge to the formula used to calculate disability payments for Joplin firefighters and police officers. Circuit Judge David Mouton ruled in favor of the board of trustees for the Police and Firefighters Pension Fund and the city of Joplin in a lawsuit filed five years ago by a disabled firefighter and the firefighters union. Police officers did not join …