Boyles v. Washington Law Enforcement Officers' & Fire Fighters' Retirement Board

Petitioner, Washington Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' Retirement Board,1 challenges a Superior Court ruling which reversed the Board's determination that respondent Richard E. Boyles was not entitled to retirement benefits. The sole issue raised by the petition for reyiew is whether the Court of Appeals applied the proper test for determining whether respondent was entitled to retirement benefits. We find that the court below did not apply the correct standard. We reverse.

The facts giving rise to this action are undisputed.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Department first employed…