Burton v. Teachers' Retirement System

YATES, Presiding Judge.

On May 11, 2001, Fannie Burton sued the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama (“TRS”) in Jefferson County, seeking to have TRS posthumously change her deceased husband’s retirement-benefits election, alleging that a TRS employee had mistakenly typed an “X” in the wrong box on the employee-benefits form. Upon a motion for a change of venue filed by TRS, the case was transferred to Montgomery County. TRS answered Burton’s complaint and alleged that Burton had failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, among other things. Although the record does not…