1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.W.2d
  4. 705 N.W.2d
  5. 705 N.W.2d 576 (2005)
 

IN RE BRITTAIN

No. A04-2407.

705 N.W.2d 576 (2005)

In the Matter of the Application for PERA Police and Fire Plan Line of Duty Disability Benefits of Stephen BRITTAIN.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

November 15, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise Yegge, Charles A. Horowitz; Mansfield, Tanick & Cohen, Minneapolis, MN, for relator Stephen Brittain.

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, Jon K. Murphy, Rory H. Foley, Assistant Attorneys General, St. Paul, MN, for respondent Public Employees Retirement Association.

Considered and decided by DIETZEN, Presiding Judge, KLAPHAKE, Judge, and PETERSON, Judge.

OPINION

KLAPHAKE, Judge.

By writ of certiorari, relator appeals from the decision of the Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) denying him line-of-duty disability benefits payable under Minn.Stat. § 353.656, subd. 1 (2004). PERA interpreted the statute to provide line-of-duty benefits only when the injury, sickness, or disability was incurred during a hazardous situation.

Because the statute provides line-of-duty benefits to a person...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases