Legal Opinion
Tanner v. Public Employees' Retirement System
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 28, 2016No. C078458PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ROBIE, J.
In this “pension spiking” case, plaintiff Joseph Tanner sought to overturn a decision of defendant Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) significantly reducing his expected retirement benefit.
Specifically, Tanner argues his retirement benefit should be set based on a base salary of $305,844, which was provided for in his final written contract with the City of Vallejo. The board of administration of CalPERS (also a defendant in this action) decided Tanner was not entitled to have his retirement benefit based on that figure. On Tanner’s petition for a writ of…
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