by Sandulli Grace Staff | Dec 12, 2011 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
The Heart Law presumption, commonly called the “Heart Bill” presumes that a police officer’s heart ailment is work-related for purposes of accidental disability retirement, unless there is sufficient evidence to rebut it. In other words, if you have a heart ailment...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Sep 27, 2010 | Sandulli Grace In The News
In November 2009, Sudbury Police Officer Ryan Boyd tore a muscle in his chest while lifting weights. Although he was working out at a private gym on his own time, he was doing so in preparation for an upcoming physical fitness assessment that was a mandatory part of...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Mar 2, 2009 | In Our Opinion...
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, as we’ve indicated frequently on this blog, has issued a number of decisions that are unfavorable, and occasionally hostile, to public employees in general and public safety employees in particular. However, in Retirement...
