Lothian v. City of Detroit

414 Mich. 160 (1982)

324 N.W.2d 9

LOTHIAN

v.

CITY OF DETROIT

Docket No. 64875, (Calendar No. 7).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued May 6, 1981.

Decided September 13, 1982.

Donald A. Calkins for plaintiff.

Sylvester Delaney, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and William Dietrich and Michael A. Hurvitz, Assistants Corporation Counsel, for defendant.

COLEMAN, C.J.

In this case, we are asked to decide whether plaintiff's claim for accrued retirement benefits, filed long after the applicable statutory period of limitations had expired, is barred. We hold that plaintiff's claim is barred. Accordingly, we reverse.

I

In…