Golab v. City of New Britain

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the period of time during which police officer Arthur Golab, the plaintiff, had been placed under suspension, prior to being formally dismissed, constituted service for the purpose of determining his eligibility to receive retirement benefits. Golab sought a writ of mandamus compelling the defendants, the city of New Britain (city) and the board of trustees of the policemen’s *18pension fund of New Britain (board), to grant his application for retirement benefits. After a trial to the court, judgment was rendered for the defendants, from which the…