O'ROURKE v. D.C. RETIREMENT AND RELIEF BD.

No. 10-AA-1193.

46 A.3d 378 (2012)

Joseph G. O'ROURKE, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS' RETIREMENT AND RELIEF BOARD, Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 21, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Deso , Washington, for petitioner.

James C. McKay, Jr. , Senior Assistant Attorney General, with whom Irvin B. Nathan , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, and Donna M. Murasky , Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for respondent.

Before GLICKMAN and THOMPSON, Associate Judges, and SCHWELB, Senior Judge.


GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

The question in this case is one of statutory interpretation: whether a police officer who has applied or been recommended for a disability retirement pension under the District of Columbia Police and Firefighters' Retirement and Disability Act (the "Retirement and Disability Act"),1 loses his eligibility for such a pension if, for any reason, he is terminated from the police force before the Police and Firefighters...

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