DeLoach v. Georgia Firemen's Pension Fund

Smith, Judge.

Frank DeLoach brought suit against the Georgia Firemen’s Pension Fund (“the fund”) and others, challenging the denial of his application for disability benefits. We granted his application to appeal from the trial court’s grant of appellees’ motion for summary judgment. OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (1).

The motion was granted on two grounds. The court found that it lacked jurisdiction because DeLoach had not timely filed the action. The court also ruled that even assuming jurisdiction existed, evidence in the record supported the denial of benefits, and therefore the Board of Trustees of the…