Roberts v. Public Employees' Retirement System

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Esther Roberts filed an application for disability benefits with the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS). Roberts appealed to the Disability Appeals Committee of the Board of Trustees (Committee), which recommended to the PERS Board of Trustees (Board) that the benefits be denied because Roberts was not permanently disabled. The Board agreed with the recommendation. Roberts then appealed to the Hinds County Circuit Court, which affirmed the decision of the Board. Aggrieved, Roberts appeals and asserts that: (1) the circuit court erred in finding that PERS’s…