Ciecwisz v. Board of Trustees, Police & Firemen's Retirement System

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

POLLOCK, J.

This case is controlled by our decision in the companion case of Maynard v. Board of Trustees, Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund, 113 N.J. 169 (1988), in which we held that a slip-and-fall accident is not a traumatic event entitling an injured employee to accidental disability benefits.

Claimant, Richard Ciecwisz, a corrections officer at Rahway State Prison, was permanently and totally disabled as the result of three work-related incidents. On February 9, 1979, he sustained a fractured left clavicle while breaking up a fight between two…