Dabbs v. City of Tampa

*83OPINION OF THE COURT

The Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari to review a decision of The Firefighters and Police Officer Pension Board of the City of Tampa denying his application for line of duty disability retirement. This Court has jurisdiction.1

The Petitioner, as a police officer, executed a pension contract with the Respondent City of Tampa on October 1, 1969. Paragraph 7 (B) provided that upon application to the Respondent Board he would be entitled to certain retirement benefits if, as a result of an in service injury, disease or disability, he had become permanently incapacitated,…