Salem Retirement Board v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

Lu, John T., J.

INTRODUCTION

The plaintiff Salem Retirement Board (Salem Board), pursuant to G.L.c. 30A, appeals the Contrib-utoiy Retirement Appeal Board’s (Appeal Board) decision reversing the Division of Administrative Law Appeals’ (Division) affirmance of the Salem Board’s decision denying Claire Cole’s (Cole) application for accidental disability retirement benefits.

The Salem Board moves for judgment on the pleadings, and requests the court vacate the Appeal Board’s decision because Cole is not entitled to an award of benefits under G.L.c. 32, §7. Cole contends that the Appeal Board’s…