Jared Starnino v. Employees' Retirement System of the City of Providence

Syllabus

On August 14, 2018, Jared Starnino petitioned the Supreme Court for the issuance of a writ of certiorari to review a July 25, 2018 decision of the Retirement Board of the Employees' Retirement System of the City of Providence (the Board) denying his application for an accidental disability retirement. The Supreme Court granted his petition on April 29, 2019. He contended before the Supreme Court that, \[e]ven the most deferential review reveals that the Board virtually ignored and failed to reason over the legally competent evidence before it\ in denying his application for an accidental disability retirement. The Supreme Court held that the Board did actually consider and rely upon legally competent evidence in denying Mr. Starnino's application for an accidental disability retirement. Accordingly, the Court affirmed the decision of the Board.