Earp v. Benton Fire Department

John F. Stroud, Jr., Judge.

Appellant in this case, Curtis Earp, was retired from the Benton Fire Department in 1989 and was awarded fifty percent of his salary in disability benefits. He later unsuccessfully sought an increase in retirement benefits from the appellees, the Benton Fire Department Pension and Relief Fund Board (Board) and the Benton Fire Department. In January 1994, appellant filed a complaint in circuit court, alleging that he was totally disabled from inhalation and exposure and thus was entitled to sixty-five percent of his salary in benefits. Appellant relied on Ark. Code…