Damiano v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

We consider once again the strict causation requirement that must be met in order for public employees to obtain accidental disability retirement benefits under G. L. c. 32, § 7(1).1 See Richard v. Retirement Bd. of Worcester, 431 Mass. 163, 167 (2000). While working as a 911 dispatcher for the city of Brockton police department, Teresa Damiano was injured in a fall due to the horseplay of a fellow employee. Damiano *260injured her At the time her desk w then to a si quired for retirement ight wi the hoi Ith the ipply ro her job oenefits, st and elbow and could not return to work, ¡eplay began,…