Hill v. Board of Managers

THIGPEN, Judge.

This case involves employee benefits.

Clayton Hill, Sr., filed a petition for a writ of mandamus, or, alternatively, for certiorari review in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, requesting that the court order the Board of Managers of the City of Birmingham Retirement and Relief System (Board) to award him an extraordinary disability allowance. The Board answered, denying that Hill was disabled as a result of an on-the-job injury.

Hill testified that he has been employed by the City of Birmingham approximately twenty years, and that in May 1989, while performing duties as a…