Bigwood v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

Plaintiff, James B. Bigwood, filed this complaint pursuant to G.L.c. 30A and seeks judicial review of a decision rendered by the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB). CRAB affirmed the decision of the State Retirement Board (SRB) denying Bigwood’s G.L.c. 32 request to be awarded credit for out of state teaching. Bigwood now alleges that the administrative decision was based upon an error of law. This matter is before the court on Bigwood’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. For the reasons that follow, Bigwood’s motion is ALLOWED and CRAB’s decision is REVERSED.

BACKGROUND

Bigwood has…