Mitchell v. City of Springfield

COTTEY, Special Judge.

The City of Springfield has by ordinance adopted a policemen’s and firemen’s retirement plan which makes available two types of pensions for members who are retired for disability: 1st, a “non-duty disability” pension, under which one-half the member’s average annual salary is payable to him if his disablement is “not the direct result of occupational duties”; and 2nd, a “duty disability” pension, under which two-thirds of his salary shall be paid him if he is “disabled as the direct result of occupational duties, including but not limited to accidents and/or hazards…