Supreme Court Says Trooper Wasn't Entitled to Evaluation Before Benefits Ended

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the state Highway Patrol Retirement System Board had no legal duty to conduct a physical capacity evaluation before terminating an officer’s disability retirement benefits. Case: State ex rel. Burroughs, Appellee, v. Ohio Highway Patrol Retirement System Board, No. 2016-0921, 07/26/2017, published. Facts: Jeffrey A. Burroughs worked as a state trooper. After he began complaining of neck pain, he underwent a magnetic resonance imaging scan in May 2010. The results of this scan indicated that he had spondylitic disc protrusions in his cervical spine. Hi...