Worker Getting Retirement Benefits From Ex-Employer's Plan Doesn't Qualify for Disability

The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker was not entitled to disability benefits from his former employer’s retirement plan because his relationship with the employer had ended before he was hurt. Case: Barbour v. Singing River Health System Employees’ Retirement Plan and Trust, No. 2020-CA-01407-COA, 04/05/2022, published. Facts: When the Singing River Health System hired Ray Barbour Jr. in June 1990, he participated in a mandatory retirement agreement in which he became fully vested after 10 years. In 2012, SRHS decided to outsource its janitorial and...