Wanda I. Trinidad v. Employees' Retirement System of Providence

The petitioner, Wanda I. Trinidad (Trinidad), filed a petition for the issuance of a writ of certiorari seeking review of a decision of the Retirement Board of the Employee Retirement System of Providence (the board) denying Trinidad's application for accidental-disability retirement benefits, and instead awarding her ordinary-disability benefits. This Court granted the petition, and Trinidad's case came before the Supreme Court for oral argument on March 27, 2019, pursuant to an order directing the parties to appear and show cause why the issues raised in this matter should not be summarily…