Drew v. Division of Retirement

SMITH, Judge.

Appellant challenges a final order of the State Retirement Commission denying her claim for disability retirement benefits. We reverse.

Betty Drew, a member of the Florida Retirement System for more than ten years, was working as a permanent substitute teacher in Monroe County in September of 1980 when she sustained an injury during a school-sponsored field trip to a skating rink. Because this injury apparently precluded continued work as a substitute teacher, she commenced part-time work as an aide in the library. In June 1990, this part-time job was eliminated for budgetary…