Rivera v. Employees’ Ret. Sys. of R.I.
Annotate this CasePetitioner, a sergeant with the police department, applied for accidental disability benefits for post traumatic stress disorder and anxiety disorder. The Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island (retirement board) denied Petitioner's application. The superior court affirmed the retirement board's decision on the basis of his conclusion that the court lacked jurisdiction over the case because Petitioner failed to timely file her appeal and because the facts would not justify equitable tolling of the deadline for filing an appeal. The Supreme Court quashed the judgment of the superior court and remanded with directions that Petitioner's appeal be considered as timely pursuant to the doctrine of equitable tolling, holding that, under the circumstances of this case, the trial court abused its discretion in declining to toll the deadline.
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