VORHIES v. DEPT. OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

No. 48622-9-II.

399 P.3d 599 (2017)

James VORHIES, Respondent, v. DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS of the State of Washington, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

July 5, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Hall , Troy Daniel Klika , Office of the Attorney General, 7141 Cleanwater Ln. S.W., P.O. Box 40123, Olympia, WA, 98504-0123, for Appellant.

Wayne L. Williams , Williams Wyckoff & Ostrander PLLC, P.O. Box 316, Olympia, WA, 98507-0316, for Respondent.


¶ 1 The Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) appeals the superior court's reversal of DRS's final order which denied James Vorhies's claim for catastrophic disability retirement benefits. It also appeals the superior court's award of attorney fees and costs.

¶ 2 We conclude that DRS did not erroneously decline to...

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