Fedorowicz v. State Retirement & Pension System

ADKINS, Judge.

In this appeal from the denial of accidental disability retirement benefits, we interpret the following limitations period established by Md.Code (1993, 2004 Repl.Vol.), section 29-104(d)(2) of the State Personnel and Pensions Article (SPP):

The Board of Trustees [for the State Retirement and Pension System of Maryland] may not accept an application for accidental disability filed by a member or former member more than 5 years after the date of the claimed accident.

Guided by precedent construing an analogous statute governing similar claims by Baltimore City employees, we shall *200ho…