Retired Auto Tech Says Schools’ Disability Benefits Are Discriminatory

(September 4, 2018, 7:34 AM EDT) -- GREENBELT, Md. — A former Maryland school system auto technician who suffered an injury at the workplace before retiring says in a complaint filed in Maryland federal court on Aug. 21 that its pension and retirement plan discriminates against workers over age 62 because those workers are ineligible for a service-connected disability retirement (Ernie Brandenburg v. Montgomery County Public Schools, No. 18-cv-2583, D. Md.)....