Gourley v. Board of Trustees of S. Dakota

MORGAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial Circuit, which reversed a decision of the Board of Trustees of the South Dakota Retirement System (Board), denying disability benefits to a member of the system, the respondent, Sister Mary Allan Gourley (Member). We affirm.

Member is a sixty-one year old Catholic nun who holds a bachelor’s degree in social sciences, English, and education as well as masters’ degrees in administration and guidance and counseling. The Douglas School District, Ellsworth Air Force Base, employed her in 1970 as an assistant…