State ex rel. Menz v. State Teachers Retirement Board

{¶ 1} We affirm the Tenth District Court of Appeals’ decision in this appeal of a mandamus case. Respondent-appellant, State Teachers Retirement Board *27(“STRB”), denied the application of relator-appellee, Jason Menz, for disability-retirement benefits because, it asserts, he did not meet the criteria for permanent disability. Menz filed an action in mandamus in the Tenth District, and that court held that STRB had abused its discretion because both the treating physician and the independent physician had acknowledged that Menz had a condition that would prevent his return to work for at least…