No Disability Retirement Benefits for 911 Operator With Host of Health Problems

The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a 911 operator was not entitled to disability retirement benefits because she was not disabled by the effects of her multiple medical conditions, separately or cumulatively. Case: Lainhart v. Kentucky Retirement Systems, No. 2016-CA-001197-MR, 08/11/2017, unpublished. Facts and procedural history: Julia Lainhart worked as a 911 operator for the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Police Department. She filed an application for disability retirement benefits in 2011. Lainhart claimed she had asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure and a ...