Blair v. Board of Selectmen

This matter was before this court in Blair v. Selectmen of Brookline, 24 Mass. App. Ct. 261 (1987, hereafter the 1987 case or decision). There the basic facts were stated. That 1987 decision (at 265) established that Blair, formerly a police officer of Brookline, had become entitled (as of August 23, 1985) to benefits for sick leave pay under G. L. c. 41, § 11 IF (for text see appendix to this rescript), by reason of hypertension caused by “specific [identified] events in the performance of his duties” as a police officer.

The town officials attached to their' brief in the 1987 case a letter…