West Virginia Consolidated Public Retirement Board v. Benny Jones

No. 13-0937 – WV Consolidated Public Retirement Board v. Benny Jones FILED June 11, 2014 released at 3:00 p.m. RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA Justice Ketchum, dissenting: The Retirement Board is equitably estopped from denying Mr. Jones eligibility to participate in PERS. When Mr. Jones began working for the Raleigh County Emergency Service Authority, he was accepted by PERS into their retirement system. PERS even wrote Mr. Jones and acknowledged that he had returned to the employment of a participating PERS employer. In addition, PERS accepted his monthly…