NORTON v. RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

No. 95-1981.

69 F.3d 282 (1995)

Rick L. NORTON, Petitioner, v. RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 9, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Boylan, Minneapolis, Minnesota (argued), for petitioner.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the respondent was Michael C. Litt, Chicago, Illinois, argued (Catherine C. Cook, Steven A. Barthlolow and Thomas W. Sadler, on the brief), for respondent.

Before FAGG, LAY, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.


FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Rick L. Norton, a former employee of the Burlington Northern Railroad, was injured on the job in 1990. Norton received a cash settlement from Burlington and applied to the Railroad Retirement Board for an occupational disability annuity. Because of gaps in Norton's employment with Burlington during the 1970s and 1980s, a hearing officer decided Norton did not have the required twenty years of service and...

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