Wright v. Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi

MAXWELL, J„

for the Court.

¶ 1. The Hinds County Circuit Court affirmed the ruling of the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS) Board of Trustees denying Kelly Wright disability benefits. She now claims: (1) the law-of-the-case doctrine applies; (2) PERS’s decision was not supported by substantial evidence; and (3) PERS improperly applied a heightened standard of disability to her case.

¶ 2. Finding the denial of Wright’s disability claim is not supported by substantial evidence, we reverse and remand.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 3. Wright’s current appeal brings a somewhat unusual…