Orell v. CRAB

This is an appeal, by the plaintiff Patricia Orell pursuant to M.G.L.c. 30A, §14, from the decision of the Massachusetts State Retirement Board (Board), denying her an accidental disability allowance and an appeal of the decision of the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB) upholding the Board’s denial of benefits. Although the plaintiff, in her complaint seeking judicial review, alleges that the defendants’ decisions were (1) based upon an error of law; (2) unsupported by substantial evidence; (3) unwarranted by the facts found; and (4) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion and…