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KANE v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, POLICE & FIREMEN'S RET.

100 N.J. 651 (1985)

498 A.2d 1252

DANIEL J. KANE, JR., RESPONDENT, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM, APPELLANT. DONALD J. CANASTRA, RESPONDENT, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM, APPELLANT, WOODROW W. MINNER, JR., APPELLANT, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM, RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided October 16, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Joseph Franzini and Ellis I. Medoway, Deputy Attorneys General, argued the cause for appellant and respondent Board of Trustees, etc. (Irwin I. Kimmelman, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; James J. Ciancia, Assistant Attorney General; of counsel).

Jan R. Evans argued the cause for appellant Woodrow W. Minner, Jr. (Mr. Evans, attorney; Prudence H. Bisbee, on the briefs).

Dante J. Romanini argued the cause for respondent Daniel J. Kane, Jr., (Kozlov, Seaton & Romanini, attorneys; Hersch Kozlov, of counsel; James P. Manahan, on the brief).

Robert W. Gluck argued the cause for respondent Donald J. Canastra (Gluck and Kelso, attorneys).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by CLIFFORD, J.

We must determine in these consolidated cases the circumstances under which a police officer may be retired on an accidental disability retirement allowance under the Police and Firemen's Retirement System, N.J.S.A. 43:16A-1 to -68. The statute provides for payment of such benefits when an officer is "permanently and totally disabled as a direct result of a traumatic event * * *." N.J.S.A. 43:16A...

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