McInerney v. Public Employees' Retirement Ass'n

Opinion by

Judge BRIGGS.

Plaintiff, Thomas J. Mclnerney, appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of his claims against defendant, Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA). He contends that his right to procedural due process was violated as a result of statutory changes in the PERA benefit plan that were enacted without his knowledge. We affirm.

Plaintiff is a full-time, tenured professor at Metropolitan State College of Denver (Metro), who began working and contributing to PERA in 1982. In 1994, while he was on sabbatical, the General Assembly amended the PERA benefit scheme. Plaintiff…