Richard v. Retirement Board

The plaintiff appeals from a decision of a judge in the Superior Court affirming the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board’s denial of her application for accidental disability retirement benefits pursuant to G. L. c. 32, § 7. We granted a joint application of the parties for direct appellate review and affirm.

The plaintiff, a public health nurse employed by the city of Worcester (city) and assigned to work in the city’s public schools, was injured in an automobile accident while driving from her home to her first school assignment of the workday. The plaintiff regularly drove her personal…