State Board of Retirement v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

At issue in this case is whether the interpretation of G. L. c. 32, § 4(l)(s), by the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB) was a reasonable one. See Foresta v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 453 Mass. 669, 676 (2009). CRAB determined that Claire Barker had the required ten years of creditable service with the State employees’ retirement system (SERS) to establish contract service under G. L. c. 32, § 4(l)(s). The State Board of Retirement (board) considered CRAB’s decision erroneous, and appealed CRAB’s decision to the *453Superior Court.2 Before us is CRAB’s appeal from the allowance…