Vail v. Employees' Retirement System of Hawai'i

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

MOON, C.J.

Plaintiff-appellee John T. Vail (Vail) claimed that he had earned full-time membership credit in defendant-appellant State of Hawaii’s Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) as a result of his service as a per diem district court judge. The ERS disagreed, and filed a declaratory order denying Vail’s petition for full-time membership credit. Vail appealed the ERS ruling to the State circuit court, which reversed the ERS’s order and held that Vail was eligible for full-time credit.

The ERS now appeals to this court from the order of the circuit court, arguing that 1)…