TOWLER v. CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT APPEAL BOARD

No. 93-P-263.

37 Mass. App. Ct. 277 (1994)

639 N.E.2d 394

ANN E. TOWLER vs. CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT APPEAL BOARD & another.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Butterworth for the plaintiff.

Robert J. O'Sullivan, Assistant City Solicitor, for Lawrence retirement board.

Present: JACOBS, PORADA, & GREENBERG, JJ.


JACOBS, J.

On October 30, 1967, Alfred C. Towler, a firefighter for the city of Lawrence, complained of chest pains while performing his duties at a fire scene and died within minutes of returning to his fire station. His death certificate lists the cause of death as coronary thrombosis. Within a month, an attorney forwarded to the defendant Lawrence retirement board (board) the signed application of Mrs. Towler, the firefighter's widow, "for a pension under the provisions...

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