SHAPIRO v. KANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM

No. 47,473

216 Kan. 353 (1975)

532 P.2d 1081

JUNE A. SHAPIRO, as the widow of Roy Shapiro, deceased, Appellant, v. KANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 1, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.M. Cornish, Jr., of Glenn, Cornish and Leuenberger, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Henry J. Schulteis, of the same firm, was with him on the brief for the appellant.

Marshall Crowther, special assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and Curt T. Schneider, attorney general, was with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRAGER, J.:

The issue to be determined in this case is whether the widow of a member of the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System is entitled to recover interest on accidental death benefits wrongfully withheld by the system. The appellant-plaintiff is June A. Shapiro, the widow of Roy Shapiro who was employed by the state of Kansas in the position of state controller. We will refer to her in this opinion as the...

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