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RICHARDSON v. POLICE & F. RET. SYS.

927 A.2d 543 (2007)

192 N.J. 189

Stewart A. RICHARDSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Respondent-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 24, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart A. Richardson, argued the cause for appellant pro se.

Michael J. Haas, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Stuart Rabner, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Christine Lucarelli, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Justice LONG delivered the opinion of the Court.

On this appeal, we revisit the traumatic event standard under the accidental disability retirement provision of the Police & Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS), N.J.S.A. 43:16A-1 to 68.1 Under our current case law, to qualify as disabled by a "traumatic event" a member must prove: (a) that his injuries were not induced by the stress or strain of the normal work effort; (b) that...

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