Legal Opinion
Knight v. Public Employees' Retirement System
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 2012No. 2010-CT-01586-SCTPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI
PIERCE, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. This appeal by Dorothy Knight arises from an order entered by the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, on December 6, 2011. The circuit court affirmed an administrative decision by the Public Employees Retirement System (hereinafter “PERS”) denying disability benefits to Dorothy Knight, a Mississippi State Senate employee.
¶ 2. Knight’s claim for disability retirement was reviewed and denied by the PERS Medical Board, and she appealed to the PERS Disability Appeals Committee (hereinafter…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- COM'N ON ENV. QUALITY v. Chickasaw County Bd. of SupervisorsMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
- Smith v. Jackson Const. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1992
- PERC v. MarquezMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
- Mississippi Psc v. Merchants Truck LineMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
- PERS v. HowardMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
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3Cited by16 opinions
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