Lillian Rivera v. Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON,

for the Court.

The petitioner, Lillian Rivera, appeals from a decision of the Superior Court in favor of the respondent, the Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island (ERS-RI) (retirement board or board), upholding that agency’s May 14, 2008 decision denying the petitioner’s application for accidental disability benefits. A justice of the Superior Court affirmed the retirement board’s decision on the basis of his conclusion that the Superior Court “lack[ed] jurisdiction over the instant case”; he based that conclusion as to the lack of “jurisdiction” on the fact that…