Baltimore County Appeals Pension Ruling

Baltimore County will appeal a federal judge's ruling in October that found pension rules that charge some county employees different rates are discriminatory.

At issue is an October ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Benson Everett Legg that found that the county's pension rules requiring different contribution rates from employees based on age violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967.

That ruling came after a federal appeals court overturned Legg's original ruling that was in favor of the county.

The county asked Legg for permission to seek an appeal on his current ruling while the trial enters the damages phase. The county argued in a filing that it would need as long as two years to review as many as 10,000 pension records.

County officials have been adamant in their opposition to Legg's October ruling.

"We're going to fight this until there is no one else to fight," said Don Mohler, a county spokesman, during an October interview.