Davis v. State Employees' Retirement Board

Respondent appeals by leave granted the circuit court’s order reversing its denial of petitioner’s application for nonduty disability retirement benefits under MCL 38.24. Respondent had denied the application for benefits on the basis of amended statutory-language requiring the filing of an application within one year of termination from state employment, which requirement the petitioner had not satisfied. The circuit court, however, found that the amendment was prospective only and not applicable to petitioner. We conclude that the amendment of MCL 38.24 in 2002, pursuant to 2002 PA 93,…