California Supreme Court

Leticia Flethez, Plaintiff and Respondent v. San Bernardino County Employees Retirement Association, Defendant And…

March 2, 2017214 Cal. Rptr. 3d 482

Summary

The court held that prejudgment interest on retroactively awarded disability retirement benefits begins when the retirement board wrongfully denies the application for those benefits, not when each retroactive payment would originally have become due. Because the record did not establish the date of wrongful denial, the court affirmed the appellate judgment and remanded for that factual determination and recalculation of interest.