State ex rel. Woodman v. Ohio Pub. Emps. Retirement Sys. (Slip Opinion)

*368{¶ 1} Appellee, Raeanne Woodman, sought a writ of mandamus in the court of appeals to compel appellants, the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (“OPERS”) and its board of trustees (collectively, “the board”), to grant her application for disability benefits. The Tenth District Court of Appeals granted the writ. Because the court of appeals independently reevaluated the medical evidence and substituted its judgment regarding weight and credibility for that of the board, we hold that the court of appeals abused its discretion, and we reverse. Background

{¶ 2} In 1989, Woodman suffered a…