State ex rel. Moss v. Ohio State Highway Patrol Retirement System

{¶ 1} Beginning in December 1981, the Ohio State Highway Patrol employed appellee, Karl L. Moss, as a state trooper for over 17 years. In July 1999, Moss began approved medical leave from employment. During that time, Moss received his first weekly session of psychotherapy from a psychologist, who diagnosed him as suffering from major depression.

{¶ 2} On September 20, 1999, Moss applied to appellant Ohio State Highway Patrol Retirement Board for disability retirement benefits. On September 28, 1999, the Ohio State Highway Patrol terminated Moss’s employment. On October 1999, Stephen Pariser,…