Beck v. Board of Administration

Opinion

KAUFMAN, Acting P. J.

The Board of Administration (the Board) of the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) appeals from a judgment mandating PERS to award death benefits to the beneficiaries designated by the deceased employee, Bernice A. Barstow, before her death. The sole question presented is whether under the circumstances presented a beneficiary designated by a deceased employee is entitled to death benefits in preference to the statutorily designated beneficiary. We conclude that in the circumstances presented the death benefits are payable to the statutorily designated…