Archambault v. Adams

This is an unemployment compensation appeal pursuant to RSA 282:5. The plaintiff was employed by the United States Postal Service or its predecessor from 1946 until he retired on February 5, 1973. The Postal Service classified his reason for leaving as “Retirement-Disability.” The plaintiff has claimed throughout this case that his disability, i.e., a heart ailment, is job-related. He has received fifty percent of his base pay during his retirement. Shortly after the plaintiff retired, he visited the Manchester office of the department of employment security. There was an issue at the trial…