Knight v. Austin

Retired City of Columbia firefighter Robert L. Knight (Appellant) appeals the trial court’s grant of a motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

A series of court orders from the 1970s required the Firemen’s Pension Fund to tender “past due benefits” to Appellant. He now seeks a reimbursement of health insurance benefits as part of those past due benefits through mandamus and contempt. Because the underlying order and this Court’s 1977 opinion do not unambiguously state Appellant is entitled to health insurance benefits, Appellant’s mandamus and contempt claims must be dismissed.

I

In 1974…