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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 86.077 (2026)

Allowance on accidental disability retirement

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  86.077.  Allowance on accidental disability retirement. — 1.  Upon retirement for accidental disability, other than permanent total disability as defined in subsection 2 of this section, a member shall receive a service retirement allowance if he has attained the age of sixty; otherwise he shall receive an accidental disability retirement allowance which shall consist of:

  (1)  An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated contributions at the time of his retirement; and

  (2)  A pension, in addition to the annuity, of sixty-six and two-thirds percent of his average final compensation.

  2.  Any member who, as the natural and proximate result of an accident occurring in the actual performance of his duty at some definite time and place through no negligence on his part, is permanently and totally incapacitated from performing any work, occupation or vocation of any kind whatsoever shall receive a retirement allowance which shall consist of:

  (1)  An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated contributions at the time of his retirement; and

  (2)  In addition to such annuity, a pension of sixty-six and two-thirds percent of his average final compensation or, in the discretion of the board of trustees, a pension in an amount not exceeding the then prevailing compensation of a patrolman who has served four years or more; and

  (3)  An allowance, in an amount to be determined by the board of trustees of such retirement system, to provide such member with surgical, medical and hospital care reasonably required, which are the result and in consequence of the accident causing such permanent total disability.

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(RSMo 1939 § 9469, A.L. 1951 p. 356)

Prior revision: 1929 § 8911

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1955–1955 · leading case: Ruedlinger v. Long, 283 S.W.2d 889 (Mo. Ct. App. 1955).
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Ruedlinger v. Long, 283 S.W.2d 889 (Mo. Ct. App. 1955). “Appellant argues that before the accident relator was not disabled and worked regularly; that since the accident he has been disabled and prevented from working, and concludes that on the facts relator’s disability is the proximate result of an accident, thus entitling him to an…”
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