Morris v. Division of Retirement

Morris appeals from a final order of the State Retirement Commission which sustained the denial of her application for inline-of-duty retirement benefits. She sought to prove that a 1990 accident she suffered while working on her job as a physical education teacher in Volusia County, caused her severe limitation of functional capacity and permanent injury. We affirm.

At the hearing below, Morris had the burden of proving by a preponderance of competent evidence,1 that she suffered an injury arising out of the performance of duties pertaining to her job, and that it was the substantial or…