Stalnaker v. M.L.D.

OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Following his termination as the police chief of the City of King Cove, M.L.D. applied for occupational disability benefits under the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS). Robert Stalnaker, the PERS administrator, denied M.L.D.’s application for occupational benefits, finding that his disability was not occupational within the meaning of the PERS statutes. Stalnaker, however, appointed M.L.D. to nonoccupational disability benefits.

The Public Employees’ Retirement Board (PERB) affirmed Stalnaker’s decision to deny occupational disability benefits on…