Coughlin v. Board of Administration

Opinion

KINGSLEY, Acting P. J.

Appellant Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff Margaret Coughlin, upholding Coughlin’s claim to death benefits arising from the death of her son, Fred Taylor.

The facts are undisputed; Taylor was a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS), under which benefits were to be awarded his beneficiaries in the event of his death. On January 11, 1979, after he and his second wife initiated an action for divorce, Taylor filed a notice with PERS, designating his mother, Coughlin, as…