Retiree Committee filed a proof of claim on behalf of government retirees

6/6/2018

On May 29, 2018, the Retiree Committee filed a proof of claim on behalf of government retirees from the Employees’ Retirement System, the Judiciary Retirement System and the Teachers’ Retirement System asserting a claim for their pensions and other post-retirement benefits in the Title III cases of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Employees’ Retirement System, and the Highway and Transportation Authority in the amount of at least $58 billion.

As we previously indicated here, because the Court’s bar date order does not apply to claims for pensions or other post-retirement benefits, retired public employees do not need to file individual proofs of claim. Retirees with claims not related to their pensions or post retirement pension benefits now have until June 29, 2018 to file the Proof of Claim, according to the Order to extend the general claims bar date filed by the Federal Court on May 25, 2018.