Burkhart v. Public Employees Retirement System

The opinion of the court was delivered by

King, J. A. D.

Burkhart and Garofalo appeal from adverse determinations by the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).

*417Burkhart is a veteran who began employment as a Morris County freeholder on July 1, 1973. Pie was enrolled in PEES, effective November 1, pursnant to an application received by the Division of Pensions on June 3. On his application for enrollment Burkhart noted that he was employed as a committeeman for the Township of Montvale from January 1, 1966 to December 31, 1973. As a veteran, Burkhart should have been…