Pino v. Board of Trustees

The opinion of the court was delivered by

D’ANNUNZIO, J.A.D.

Joseph Pino appeals from a determination by the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees’ Retirement System (Board) that he is not entitled to an accidental disability pension because the incident resulting in his injury and disability was not a “traumatic event.” N.J.S.A 43:15A-43.

Pino was a school bus driver employed by the Board of Education. On February 6,1993, he was operating a school bus with a capacity of twenty passengers. Approximately fifteen to eighteen students and coaches were in the bus. It was a snowy day and the…