DiGloria v. Chief of Police of Methuen

How courts have described this case

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• stating that “without fault of his own” should be construed to mean serious and wilful misconduct on part of employee
• denying DiGloria disability payments under G. L. c. 41, § 111F, on a holding by the Appeals Court that his disability resulted from “serious and willful misconduct” on his part
• no estoppel in town’s conduct of erroneously maintaining police officer on payroll for two years as injured
• the test for determining if the injury occurred “without fault of his own” is whether the injury occurred as a result of “serious and wilful misconduct” on the part of the police officer

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