SHAPIRO v. KANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM

No. 46,625

211 Kan. 452 (1973)

507 P.2d 281

JUNE A. SHAPIRO, As the Widow of ROY SHAPIRO, Deceased, Appellee, v. KANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 3, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall Crowther, special assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and Vern Miller, attorney general, and William F. Morrissey, assistant attorney general, were with him on the brief for the appellant.

L.M. Cornish, Jr., of Glenn, Cornish and Leuenberger, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Edward B. Soule, of the same firm, was with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

SCHROEDER, J.:

This is an appeal from a decision of the district court of Shawnee County granting judgment to June Shapiro (plaintiff-appellee) for accidental death benefits pursuant to K.S.A. 1965 Supp. 74-4916(2). The Board of Trustees (board) of the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) had previously denied her claim.

The appellee's deceased husband, Roy Shapiro, was an employee of the State...

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