Legal Opinion
Pierce v. District of Columbia Police & Firefighters' Retirement & Relief Board
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 1, 2005No. 03-AA-504PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
Petitioner, Edith R. Pierce, seeks review of a decision of the District of Columbia Police and Firefighters’ Retirement and Relief Board (“the Board”) concluding that she is permanently disabled but that she is not entitled to the more generous retirement benefits afforded to officers who become disabled by injuries suffered in the performance of duty because her disabling condition, a depressive disorder, was not so incurred. Petitioner does not challenge the Board’s finding that she is permanently disabled, but rather contends that she established a prima facie case…
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