Gable v. Board of Trustees

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

GAEIBALDI, J.

These consolidated cases present yet another opportunity to examine the elusive concept of what constitutes a “traumatic event.” Eespondents Stephen Gable and William Cook, two corrections officers, claim they are entitled to receive accidental-disability retirement benefits under the Public Employees’ Eetirement System (PEES), N.J.S.A. 43:15A-1 to -141, and the Police and Firemen’s Eetirement System (PFES), N.J.S.A. 43:16A-1 to -68, respectively. It is stipulated that both are totally and permanently disabled as a direct result of…