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Lawsuits target retirement appeal delays at CRAB
Federal lawsuits challenge lengthy CRAB delays in Massachusetts retirement appeals, alleging due process violations for disabled former public employees.
Superior Court reverses CRAB’s denial of accidental death benefits
A Superior Court judge reinstated accidental death benefits for a state employee killed in a car accident while performing work duties, reversing CRAB's decision.
State employee’s survivors can’t get accidental death benefits
Survivors of a state employee who was killed in a car accident while returning to her office from an offsite meeting were not entitled to accidental death benefits, the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board has ruled.
Retirement – Accidental death – Travel
Where an administrative magistrate of the Division of Administrative Law Appeals granted accidental death benefits following the death of a state employee in an accident when she was returning from a meeting, the award of benefits must be reversed because the employee did not die as a result of and while in the performance of her work duties.
