Chun v. Employees' Retirement System

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

Plaintiff-appellant, Leilani L. Chun, filed suit in the circuit court of the first circuit claiming certain retirement benefits were due her as the beneficiary of her deceased husband, Clarence C. K. Chun. The trial court, sitting without a jury, heard the case on stipulated facts and rendered a decision for defendant-appellee, Employees’ Retirement System of the State of Hawaii. This appeal followed.

We affirm.

On March 7, 1974, Clarence Chun executed and filed an application for service retirement with the Employees’ Retirement System. He was then…