Davey v. Lincoln County

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

These consolidated appeals raise the question of which governmental entity *819must pay pension benefits to the surviving widow of Donald Davey, a Lincoln County deputy sheriff killed in the line of duty. The Superior Court (Lincoln County) held that the Maine State Retirement System, rather than Lincoln County, was required to pay the pension. We disagree, and hold that a correct reading of the controlling statutes requires the County, rather than the State Retirement System, to pay the pension that accrued to the widow prior to her remarriage.1

I. Background

Lincoln County…