Plymel v. Teachers Retirement System

SEARS, Chief Justice.

The appellants, Larrie Plymel and Corinne Monroe, are retired educators who are beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia (“TRS”). The appellees are the TRS and its Board of Trustees. This appeal concerns, among other things, whether the TRS properly calculated the appellants’ retirement benefits. The trial court granted summary judgment to the TRS and its Board, and denied partial summary judgment on liability to the appellants. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

1. Appellant Plymel retired in 2002, and appellant Monroe retired in 1995. At…