Malland v. Department of Retirement Systems

These consolidated cases involve interpretation of the statutory scheme governing reexaminations of individuals granted disability retirement allowances under the Washington Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' Retirement System Act (LEOFF). Appellants, a former Seattle police officer and a former Bellevue fire fighter, challenge the cancellations of their disability retirement allowances, arguing that such cancellations are improper absent a showing that the circumstances under which the allowances were originally granted *486have changed. We agree and hold that there must be some…