Legal Opinion
Welsh v. State Employees' Retirement Board
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 15, 2002PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SIMPSON.
Madeline J. Welsh (Beneficiary) petitions this Court for review of the order of the State Employees’ Retirement Board (Board) that adopted the opinion of its hearing examiner and denied Beneficiary’s request to change the retirement benefit option elected by her husband (Decedent) under the State Employees’ Retirement Code (Retirement Code). 1 We affirm.
Decedent retired from state service as a nurse’s aide at Mayview State Hospital on November 22,1997, the day after his treating doctor, Adrienne Young, M.D. advised him that he had leukemia. Shortly thereafter, Dr.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Estate of McGovern v. Commonwealth, State Employees' Retirement BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Loyal Christian Benefit Ass'n v. BenderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Elliott v. ClawsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Lapio v. RobbinsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Cosgrove v. State Employes' Retirement BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
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