STEVENSON v. BOARD OF RETIREMENT OF THE >ORANGE > >COUNTY > >EMPLOYEES >' RETIREMENT
SYSTEM















Filed 6/28/10; pub. order 7/7/10 (see end of opn.)





















IN THE COURT OF
APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA



FOURTH APPELLATE
DISTRICT



DIVISION THREE




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ROBERT STEVENSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BOARD OF RETIREMENT OF THE ORANGE COUNTY EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Defendant and Respondent.

G041816 (Super. Ct. No. 30-2008-00104015) O P I N I O N

Appeal from a judgment
of the Superior Court
of Orange
County, Corey S. Cramin, Judge.
Affirmed.

Silver, Hadden, Silver,
Wexler & Levine and Robert M. Wexler for Plaintiff and Appellant.

David H. Lantzer for
Defendant and Respondent.

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INTRODUCTION

Orange
County employees receive retirement
benefits under a retirement system established pursuant to the County Employees
Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) (Gov. Code, § 31450 et seq.). (All further statutory references are to the
Government Code, unless otherwise specified.)
The pension amount an employee receives is based in part on the
employee's â€