State ex rel. Ackerman v. State Teachers Retirement Board

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment denying a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, State Teachers Retirement Board of Ohio, to reinstate the disability-retirement benefits of appellant, Edward Joseph Ackerman, and to pay those benefits from the date that the retirement board terminated them. Because the retirement board did not abuse its discretion in terminating Ackerman’s disability-retirement benefits, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

{¶ 2} The Warren City Schools in Trumbull County, Ohio, employed Ackerman as a special-education teacher for over 18 years. Ackerman…