SNIZASKI v. EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT BD.

No. 15 WAP 2010

69 A.3d 170 (2013)

Karen E. SNIZASKI and Christine M. Vilsack v. PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT BOARD Appeal of Willette Gallman.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 28, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy E. Dunne Smith , Hergenroeder, Rega & Sommer, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, for Willette Gallman.

James Richard Antoniono , Anthony W. DeBernardo Jr. , DeBernardo, Antoniono, McCabe, Davis & DeDiana, P.C., Greensburg, for Karen E. Snizaski and Christine M. Vilsack.

Jennifer Ann Mills , PA Public School Employees' Retirement System, for Public School Employees' Retirement Board.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice McCAFFERY.

The issue before this Court is as follows:

Whether the Commonwealth Court correctly interpreted 24 Pa.C.S. § 8507(e) to require in this case that a Public School Employees' Retirement System nomination of benefits form must have been completed entirely in the hand of the member/decedent in order to effectuate a valid change of beneficiary designation.

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