Susan Hartnett v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board & Others.

Summary

The court held that the pension statute's anti-spiking provision is triggered only when compensation more than doubles between two back-to-back years, not between two noncontiguous years of creditable service. Because the plaintiff's relevant service years were separated by twelve years, the provision did not apply, and the judgment in her favor was affirmed on statutory-interpretation grounds. The court therefore did not reach the separate issue concerning protection of vested pension expectations.