P.E.R.S. v. LANGHAM

No. 2000-CA-01707-SCT.

812 So.2d 969 (2002)

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM and Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol v. Brenda LANGHAM.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the Attorney General by Rickey T. Moore, attorney for appellants.

Dempsey Ladner, Jackson, attorney for appellee.

Before McRAE, P.J., DIAZ and CARLSON, JJ.


McRAE, P.J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Brenda Langham, widow of a highway patrolman killed in the line of duty in 1981, sued the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System ("Patrol") and the Public Employees' Retirement System ("PERS"), which only administered the Patrol's retirement system, in chancery court for increased survivor benefits based on a 1989 change in the law. The Patrol, in accordance with the 1989 law, eventually paid a portion of the increased...

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