Soucy v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

When Jeanie Soucy, a teacher, sustained an injury while at work, she took a leave from her employment for a period just short of one year. About three and one-half years after her return to work, her teaching position was abolished. Two years later she sought but was denied accidental disability retirement benefits by the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement Board (board). The board’s denial was affirmed by an administrative magistrate of the division of administrative law appeals, the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB), and a Superior *559Court judge. Soucy argues on appeal that because…