STATE v. CALHOUN


634 A.2d 335 (1993)

STATE of Delaware, Appellant, v. Theodore CALHOUN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: December 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean A. Dolan, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, for appellant.

Brian P. Murphy, Middletown, for appellee.

Before VEASEY, C.J., WALSH and HOLLAND, JJ.


WALSH, Justice:

In this interlocutory appeal, we review a Superior Court decision which determined that a State of Delaware employee's workers' compensation benefits could not be offset by disability benefits received under the State Pension Plan. We conclude that the two benefit plans serve separate purposes and, as a matter of legislative intent, retirement disability benefits may not be credited against an award of workers' compensation benefits. Accordingly, we...

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