BD. OF TRUSTEES OF BIG SPRING FIREMEN'S R. & R. F. v. FIREMEN'S PENSION COM'R

No. 3-90-098-CV.

808 S.W.2d 608 (1991)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the BIG SPRING FIREMEN'S RELIEF AND RETIREMENT FUND, Appellant, v. FIREMEN'S PENSION COMMISSIOER and Carl Dorton, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

April 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Craig Deats, Van Os, Deats, Rubinett & Owen, P.C., Austin, Jean Shotts, City Atty., City of Big Spring, Tex., Big Spring, for appellant.

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Molly Shannon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for Firemen's Pension Com'r.

Hardy L. Wilkerson, Big Spring, for Carl Dorton.

Before CARROLL, C.J., and ABOUSSIE and JONES, J J.


JONES, Justice.

Carl Dorton, former Fire Chief of the Big Spring Fire Department, applied to the Board of Trustees of the Big Spring Firemen's Relief and Retirement Fund (the Board) for disability benefits. After the Board denied him the benefits, Dorton appealed to the Firemen's Pension Commissioner (the Commissioner), who reversed the Board's decision and awarded benefits to Dorton. The Board appealed to the district court, which affirmed the Commissioner's decision...

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