The Providence Retired Police and Firefighter's Association v. The City of Providence, by and through its Treasurer, James J. Lombardi

Syllabus

The City of Providence, by and through its Treasurer James J. Lombardi, appealed from the entry of partial summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the Providence Retired Police and Firefighter's Association (the Association or plaintiff), on its claim for declaratory judgment regarding entitlement to occupational cancer disability benefits under G.L. 1956 chapter 19.1 of title 45, \Cancer Benefits for Fire Fighters.\ This Court concluded that the retired members of the Association were not entitled to benefits under the act in light of the General Assembly's passage of P.L. 1923, ch. 489 (\An Act to Provide for the Retirement of Employees of the City of Providence\), which provided retirement benefits, including occupational cancer disability benefits, to city employees, and which superseded general statutes of statewide application under this Court's holding in Betz v. Paolino, 605 A.2d 837 (R.I. 1992), which controlled the outcome in this appeal. Accordingly, the Court vacated the judgment of the Superior Court.