Legal Opinion
Lisbon v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 4, 1996No. 94-P-1983PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLaurence, J.
The plaintiff, Gilbert M. Lisbon, had been a steward at the Bristol County house of correction for ten years when he suffered an incapacitating heart attack on March 30, 1989, while working at the facility’s cook house.2 Relying on the 1991 medical opinion of his personal physician and the certificate of a regional medical panel, Lisbon claimed accidental disability benefits, pursuant to G. L. c. 32, § 7(1), on the ground that his attack was precipitated by a prison riot and a confrontation with prisoners on March 30, 1989.
Citing Lisbon’s many health problems that predated his jail employment…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Wheat v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- New Boston Garden Corp. v. Board of AssessorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Flint v. Commissioner of Public WelfareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Sargent v. Massachusetts Accident Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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3Cited by65 opinions
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- City of Salem v. Massachusetts Commission Against DiscriminationMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1998
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- Durbin v. Board of SelectmenMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2004
- City of Leominster v. StrattonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
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