Bristol County Retirement Board v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

We consider whether, within the confines of the State retirement law, defendant Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB) may lawfully relieve a pensioner, here, defendant Doris Polycarpo, from a statutory obligation to refund excess payments made because of an error committed by defendant State Board of Retirement (State board). The case *444arose when the plaintiff, the Bristol County retirement board (county board), sought to recoup certain excess earnings received by Polycarpo, the recipient of a county pension, who had accepted employment with a State agency. On appeal by Polycarpo, CRAB,…