PIERCE v. POLICE & FIREFIGHTERS' RET. BD.

No. 03-AA-504.

882 A.2d 199 (2005)

Edith R. PIERCE, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS' RETIREMENT AND RELIEF BOARD, Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 1, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic W. Schwartz, Jr., for petitioner.

David A. Hyden, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Robert J. Spagnoletti, Attorney General of the District of Columbia, and Edward E. Schwab, Deputy Attorney General, were on the brief, for respondent.

Before FARRELL, RUIZ and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges.


RUIZ, Associate Judge:

Petitioner, Edith R. Pierce, seeks review of a decision of the District of Columbia Police and Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Board ("the Board") concluding that she is permanently disabled but that she is not entitled to the more generous retirement benefits afforded to officers who become disabled by injuries suffered in the performance of duty because her disabling condition, a depressive disorder, was not so incurred. Petitioner does...

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