WESTBROOK v. DIVISION OF RETIREMENT

No. 97-574.

699 So.2d 813 (1997)

Dorothy J. WESTBROOK, Appellant, v. DIVISION OF RETIREMENT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Clare, of Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc., Jacksonville, for appellant.

Stanley M. Danek, of Division of Retirement, Tallahassee, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant Dorothy J. Westbrook appeals from a final order of the State Retirement Commission denying her request for in-line-of-duty disability retirement benefits. We reverse and remand with directions.

The test for an in-line-of-duty disability award is whether an injury or illness, arising out of and in the actual performance of a duty required by a member's employment, was the substantial producing cause or an aggravating cause of a member...

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