Wanda I. Trinidad v. Employees' Retirement System of Providence

Syllabus

The petitioner, Wanda I. Trinidad, filed a petition for the issuance of a writ of certiorari with this Court, seeking review of a decision by the Retirement Board of the Employee Retirement System of Providence denying her application for accidental-disability benefits, and we granted her petition. The petitioner contends that the medical examinations establish that she qualifies for accidental-disability benefits instead of ordinary-disability benefits. Moreover, petitioner argues that the board erred in placing more weight on one doctor's opinion than those of two others and therefore erred in denying her application for accidental-disability benefits. The Supreme Court reviewed the board's decision and concluded that, on the facts of this case, the decision was supported by legally competent evidence and that the board was entitled to weigh the opinion of one doctor more heavily than others. Accordingly, the Court affirmed the decision of the board denying petitioner accidental-disability retirement benefits.