Town of Milton v. Personnel Administrator of the Department of Personnel Administration

The dispute in this case concerns six police officers in the plaintiff municipalities: John I. Burke, Francis Sullivan, Frederick A. Westerman and Albert Williams (all of Milton), Douglas Grant (Somerville), and Joseph D. DiDonato (Watertown). The six officers, all permanent and tenured civil service employees, were retired at various times for accidental disability pursuant to G. L. c. 32, § 7 (1988 ed.).2 All six officers have subsequently been deemed physically able to resume their duties by regional medical panels pursuant to G. L. c. 32, § 8 (1988 ed.), and have been ordered back to work…