Shapiro v. Kansas Public Employees Retirement System

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

The issue to be determined in this case is whether the widow of a member of the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System is entitled to recover interest on accidental death benefits wrongfully withheld by the system. The appellant-plaintiff is June A. Shapiro, the widow of Roy Shapiro who- was employed by the state of Kansas in the position of state controller. We will refer to her in this opinion as the plaintiff. The appellee-defendant is the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System which will be referred to as KPERS. This case was…