Campbell v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

The plaintiff, a permanently incapacitated former employee of the town of North Reading, has appealed from a judgment of the Superior Court which affirmed a decision of the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB) which denied the plaintiff any benefits under G. L. c. 32, § 7(1). 1. The plaintiff’s contention that the “personal injury sustained or . . . hazard undergone” need be only a contributing cause of the permanent incapacity rests on a misreading of G. L. c. 32, § 7(1), and, in particular, of the words “as a result of” which appear in that subsection. The words last quoted modify…