Maynard v. Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Pension & Annuity Fund

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

POLLOCK, Justice.

In this case, we must determine whether a “slip-and-fall” injury to a public school teacher that results in permanent disability constitutes a “traumatic event” for the purposes of the Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund-Social Security Integration Law, N.J.S.A. 18A:66-1 to -93 (TPAF). The TPAF Board (the Board) denied the application of claimant, Dianne Maynard, for accidental disability because her injury was not the direct result of a “traumatic event.” In an unreported decision, the Appellate Division reversed, finding that the slip…