Leach v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

Plaintiff, Kevin J. Leach (“Leach”), aretired member of the Revere Police Department, has appealed, pursuant to G.L.c. 30A, §14, from a decision of the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (“CRAB”), Division of Administrative Law Appeals (“DALA”), and the Revere Retirement Board, modifying and reducing his accidental disability retirement allowance. For the reasons set forth below, the decision of CRAB must be affirmed, except that it must be modified to reflect a reduction in the plaintiffs retirement allowance by using his salary as an elected member of the Essex County Commission as the…