Legal Opinion
Connelly v. City of Providence Retirement Board
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided January 14, 1992No. 89-497-M.PPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLEHER, Justice.
We have issued a common-law writ of certiorari to review a decision of the Retirement Board of the City of Providence (retirement board) denying the request of the plaintiff, Richard J. Connelly (Connelly), for accidental-disability retirement benefits.
On January 8, 1986, Connelly applied to the retirement board for accidental-disability retirement. On March 4, 1985, Connelly, a firefighter, was pulling a “booster line” at the site of a fire when he felt a sharp pain in his back. He was taken to Rhode Island Hospital. Connelly received injury pay from the city from…
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