Stillman v. Board of Retirement of the Fresno County Employees' Retirement Ass'n

Opinion

CORNELL, Acting P. J .

The trial court, sitting without a jury, rejected the claim of appellant Marsha Stillman for an increase in the retirement benefit paid to her by the Fresno County Employees’ Retirement Association (FCERA). Judgment was entered in favor of respondent board of retirement (the Board), the governing body of FCERA. The issue we must resolve is whether the Board must determine the compensation upon which the retirement benefit is based from the Government Code definition of “compensation” used by FCERA or, instead, whether the Board must use the different definition of…