In the case State ex rel. Hayslip v. State Teachers Ret. Sys. Bd., 2021-Ohio-3495, the Tenth District Court of Appeals held that the State Teachers Retirement Board of Ohio had substantial evidence to support its denial of a teacher’s requested medical retirement benefits.
Here, a teacher appealed the decision which denied the teacher’s medical retirement. The teacher argued that a substitute teacher performs “light duty,” which is more than this individual’s medical condition would allow. The Court of Appeals disagreed.
The Court reasoned that the retirement board’s decision was supported by significant evidence. The Court further reasoned that any contradicting evidence was irrelevant because it is well settled that as long as a decision by the retirement board is supported by some evidence, the board’s decision is valid.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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