Baruffaldi v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

This is a petition under G. L. c. 30A, § 14 (the State administrative procedure act), inserted by St. 1954, c. 681, § 1, to review a decision of the contributory retirement appeal board established under G. L. c. 32, § 16 (4), as appearing in St. 1945, c. 658, § 1.

The pertinent facts are these. From January, 1950, until his death on January 1, 1954, Lawrence Baruffaldi was employed by the city of Somerville as city engineer, and was a member of the contributory retirement system of that city. He had a history of heart disease, the disease “becoming progressively more serious in recent years.”…