Case Name: Karen E. SNIZASKI and Christine M. Vilsack v. PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT BOARD. Petition of: Willette Gallman
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2010-05-26
Citations: 995 A.2d 334
Docket Number: 
Parties: Karen E. SNIZASKI and Christine M. Vilsack v. PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT BOARD. Petition of: Willette Gallman.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 995
Pages: 334–334

Head Matter:
Karen E. SNIZASKI and Christine M. Vilsack v. PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT BOARD. Petition of: Willette Gallman.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
May 26, 2010.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 26th day of May, 2010, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issue, rephrased for purposes of review, is:
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.