Siedlecki v. Employees' Retirement System

This appeal involves a question of statutory construction, specifically the meaning of section 23-58(a) of the Baltimore County Code.1,2 Appellant, Stanley Siedlecki, served as a Balti*240more County police officer for fifteen years, when, on March 16, 1990, he retired on accidental disability. In 2002, at the request of the Employees’ Retirement System of Baltimore County, Maryland (“ERS”), Siedlecki underwent two medical examinations. The evaluating physicians determined that he was fit to return to full-time police work. Siedlecki then challenged ERS’s authority under section 23-58(a) to have…