Fund Manager v. Department of Public Safety Local Retirement Board

OPINION

FIDEL, Presiding Judge.

The Fund Manager, Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (Fund), successfully contended in the trial court that the Department of Public Safety Local Retirement Board (Board) had erroneously granted a disability pension to a state employee. At the conclusion of that proceeding the trial court ordered the Board to pay the Fund’s attorney’s fees and costs. We reverse the latter award, holding that it was self-negating in light of the Fund’s statutory obligation to indemnify the Board.

RETIREMENT SYSTEM

A.R.S. §§ 38-841 — 856 establish the Public Safety Personnel…