This blog is set up to help all Police and Fireman's Retirement System employees who should qualify for Accidental Disability Benefits get their pensions. I will list important links, summarize pertinent cases, and provide any information I have come upon in my fight for my pension. This website is not meant to provide legal advice but to provide and disseminate information.
A little about me...
My name is Stewart Richardson and I was injured on January 7, 2003 while attempting to handcuff a violent, resistant inmate during an emergency code 33. The PFRS Board of Trustees denied my application for Accidental Disability Retirement by letter dated December 22, 2003. The matter was referred to the Office of Administrative Law on January 13, 2004. It was heard by W.Todd Miller, ALJ on November 30, 2004 and denied December 3, 2004. You can read Judge Miller's decision by searching Rutger's Law Library OAL Docket No. TYP 169-04.
The case was appealed to the Appellate Division and heard by a two judge per curiam (Conley and Winkelstein) which was decided December 2, 2005. In an unpublished opinion it was further denied Docket No. A-2811-04T2. At this point I could no longer afford to pay for legal representation and decided to apply for certification to the Supreme Court of NJ pro se (as my own attorney). My application for certification was granted and I argued my case in front of the Supreme Court on October 10, 2006.
You can view my argument on web cast by visiting
http://njlegallib.rutgers.edu/supct/args/A_100_05.php
As of today I am still awaiting a decision from the Supreme Court.
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