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Appeals court hears dispute over ‘identifiable condition’ for disability retirement in Sibley appeal
Summary
The court considered whether Michael Sibley met the statutory standard for accidental disability retirement under Chapter 32 §7 given bilateral rotator cuff tears and years of physically strenuous municipal work.
Catherine Lamondia Ringle, representing Michael Sibley, told the panel that Sibley worked for the town of Northfield performing physically strenuous tasks and was denied accidental disability retirement by the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board. "The accidental disability retirement essentially gives a worker injured ... 72 percent of their average weekly wage tax free," Ringle said, explaining the financial stakes of an accidental-disability designation under Chapter 32, Section 7.
Ringle argued the board misapplied the ‘‘identifiable condition’’ requirement and departed from…
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