Honeycutt v. Employees' Retirement System

MADDOX, Justice.

The dispositive issue here is whether an employee who is classified under the merit system as a Forest Ranger II and has been appointed as a “forest law enforcement officer” pursuant to Code 1975, § 9-13-10, meets the definition of “state policeman”, as defined in § 36-27-1(23), and thus may retire on disability without regard to the number of years of creditable service. The trial court held that he could not. We affirm.

The facts of this case are essentially as follows: James Earl Honeycutt (plaintiff-appellant) was first employed by the Alabama Forestry Commission as a…