Coutts v. Wisconsin Retirement Board

¶ 1. The Wisconsin Retirement Board ("the Board") seeks review of a published decision of the court of appeals, 1 which held that the Board is not statutorily authorized to reduce the duty disability benefits of Ronald W. Coutts, Sr. and Byron Des Jaríais with worker's compensation benefits previously paid to them. The Board argues that the court of appeals erred because the statute in question requires an offset of duty disability benefits with all worker's compensation payments, regardless of when the worker's compensation payments are made. We conclude that the statute unambiguously…