GARNEY v. MASSACHUSETTS TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

SJC-11493

469 Mass. 384 (2014)

RONALD T. GARNEY v. MASSACHUSETTS TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

August 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Fabino ( James H. Salvie , Special Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the defendant.

Michael C. Donahue for the plaintiff.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.


CORDY, J.

This case concerns the scope of the pension forfeiture requirement of G. L. c. 32, § 15 (4), and specifically whether forfeiture is warranted where a teacher has engaged in criminal activity that endangers children generally, but does not involve the students whom he taught, the school district for which he worked, or the use of his status as a teacher. The plaintiff, Ronald T. Garney, a ninth grade science teacher, was arrested in 2006 for the purchase...

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