COLA Settlement

On August 17, 2000, the United States District Court of the Virgin Islands approved the settlement of Caraballo et al. v. United States, Civil No. 197/27 (D.V.I.). Caraballo was a class-action lawsuit in which the plaintiffs contested the methodology the Office of Personnel Management used to determine COLA rates.

This Web site is not the official Caraballo Web site. To access the settlement administrator's official Website, go to www.colasettlement.com.

To view or download the stipulation for settlement, select from the documents and formats below:

Stipulation including exhibits	[65 KB]	[132 KB]
Stipulation without exhibits	[32 KB]	[44 KB]
Exhibit A - Safe Harbor Principles	[23 KB]	[35 KB]
Exhibit B - Committees	[1 KB]	[5 KB]
Exhibit C - Interim Rates and Survey Cycle	[2 KB]	[7 KB]
Exhibit D - Judgment Amount	[5 KB]	[13 KB]
Exhibit E - Earnings and Residue	[4 KB]	[9 KB]