Hardy v. State

In this case, the New Hampshire Retirement System Board of Trustees denied the plaintiffs request for disability benefits, and the Superior Court (Goode, J.) subsequently declined to issue a writ of certiorari. The issue before us is whether the court erred in denying the writ. We affirm.

On November 22, 1977, the plaintiff, a permanent employee of the Dover fire department, extinguished a car fire. Claiming that his lungs were permanently damaged by the heavy smoke, he sought retirement with a disability retirement allowance under RSA 100-A:6 1(c) & (d). In July 1978, the New Hampshire…