BATES v. CITY OF RICHLAND

No. 20245-3-III.

51 P.3d 816 (2002)

112 Wash.App. 919

L. Vernon BATES, Dale Brunson, George Derrick, Roger Duchemin, Richard Lohdefinck, D. Arthur Manuel, Thomas McGuire, Kenneth Taylor, James Thomas, Gerald Thomas, and Roy Turner, Appellants, v. CITY OF RICHLAND, a municipal corporation, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Eight.

August 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daryl D. Jonson, Cowan, Walker, Jonson & Moore, Richland, WA, for Appellant.

David A. Elofson, Menke, Jackson, Beyer, Elofson & Ehlis, Yakima, WA, for Respondent.


KURTZ, J.

Each of the appellants ("Pensioners") retired from the Richland Police Department at the highest step for his respective position and participates in LEOFF I pursuant to RCW 41.26.040(2). The Pensioners' pension benefits are calculated under RCW 41.20.050 or .060, which provides that each pensioner is entitled to a pension of "fifty percent of the amount of salary at any time hereafter attached to the position" held...

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