Hudkins v. State Consolidated Public Retirement Board

The West Virginia Consolidated Public Retirement Board (“Board”) 1 appeals a circuit court order which reversed the Board’s administrative decision denying appellee Nancy K. Hudkins’ right to convert unused sick leave to retirement service credit for purposes of calculating her pension benefits. For the reasons discussed in this decision, we affirm the circuit court.

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Nancy K. Hudkins was a member of the Public Employees Retirement System (“PERS”) by virtue of her employment with the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (“Department”). Ms. Hudldns had worked for the…