COUTTS v. WISCONSIN RETIREMENT BOARD

Nos. 95-1905, 95-2228.

209 Wis.2d 655 (1997)

562 N.W.2d 917

Ronald W. COUTTS, Sr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. WISCONSIN RETIREMENT BOARD, Respondent-Respondent-Petitioner, CITY OF RACINE, Respondent. Byron Des JARLAIS, Petitioner-Respondent, v. WISCONSIN RETIREMENT BOARD, Respondent-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-respondent/appellant-petitioner the cause was argued by L. Jane Hamblen, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

For the petitioner-appellant there was a brief by Bruce F. Ehlke and Shneidman, Myers, Dowling, Blumenfield, Ehlke, Hawks & Domer, Madison and oral argument by Bruce F. Ehlke.

For the petitioner-respondent there was a brief by Lester A. Pines, Cheryl Rosen Weston and Cullen, Weston, Pines & Bach, Madison and oral argument by Lester Pines.


¶ 1. ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J.

The Wisconsin Retirement Board ("the Board") seeks review of a published decision of the court of appeals,1 which held that the Board is not statutorily authorized to reduce the duty disability benefits of Ronald W. Coutts, Sr. and Byron Des Jarlais with worker's compensation benefits previously paid to them. The Board argues that the court of appeals erred because...

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