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16 S.L v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES TEACHERS' PENSION AND ANNUITY FUND - -- rank: 615

... the performance of [her] regular and assigned duties pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39 and relevant A-2605-20 5 case law.' Upon S ... explained '[t]o qualify for ordinary disability retirement benefits under N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(b), a teacher must demonstrate [they] are 'physically or mentally ... N.J. Super. 74, 79 (App. Div. 1985)). Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(b), a TPAF member is eligible for ordinary disability retirement ...

docket:	a2605-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-01-26
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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17 CARMEN COLON-RIVERA v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES TEACHERS' PENSION and ANNUITY FUND - -- rank: 598

... denying her application for accidental disability retirement benefits pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(c). We affirm. We glean the following facts from the ... the TPAF provides for both ordinary and accidental retirement benefits. N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39. The principal difference between ordinary and accidental disability retirement 'is ... result of the performance of his regular or assigned duties . . . .' N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(c); accord Kasper v. Bd. of Trs., Teachers' Pension & Annuity ...

docket:	a3926-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-12-14
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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18 IN THE MATTER OF BARBARA THOMAS -- rank: 598

... that would have qualified her for an ordinary disability pension. N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(b) requires that a person under the age of sixty ... C. 17:3-5.5(a)5 provides: "Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(b) this service cannot be used to qualify for an ...

docket:	a1191-09
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2011-01-21
status:	unpublished
citation:
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19 LAURENA STAUB v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES TEACHERS' PENSION AND ANNUITY FUND -- rank: 598

... September 2017, the Board denied Staub's application pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39. The Board found Staub 'permanently disabled from the performance of ... 52:14B-10(c). The TPAF provides for both ordinary, N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(b), and accidental, N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(c), disability benefits. '[An ADR] entitles a member to receive ...

docket:	a0513-22
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2024-03-08
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	28935

20 PATRICIA SANTANGELO v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY TEACHERS PENSION AND ANNUITY FUND -- rank: 591

... the performance of regular and assigned duties as detailed by N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39 and relevant case law." On October 29, 2010, Santangelo filed ... Pension & Annuity Fund , 164 N.J. 564, 573 (2000) (citing N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(b), (c)). A teacher who is a member of the ... the performance of duty and should be retired.'" Ibid. (quoting N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(b)). "The applicant for ordinary disability retirement benefits has the ...

docket:	a2184-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-06-09
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	24480

21 JOEL DAWKINS v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES TEACHERS' PENSION AND ANNUITY FUND - -- rank: 588

... denied his application for accidental disability retirement benefits pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(c). We affirm. I. Dawkins has been employed as a ... result of the performance of his regular or assigned duties . . . .' N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(c). In Richardson v. Board of Trustees, Police & Firemen's ... whether Dawkins was entitled to accidental disability retirement benefits under N.J.S.A. 18A:66- 39(c). In addition, Dawkins contends: (1) the Board erred by ...

docket:	a3086-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-07-12
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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22 MARIA GRIECO-HICKS v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TEACHERS PENSION AND ANNUITY FUND -- rank: 581

... result of the performance of [her] regular or assigned duties." N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(c). See also Richardson v. Bd. of Trs., Police & Firemen ... was "physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duty," N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(b), as opposed to showing she was "permanently and totaled disabled", N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(c), which is required for accidental disability retirement benefits. In ...

docket:	a0799-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-05-11
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	29014

23 MICHALENE BOWMAN v. TEACHERS'PENSION AND ANNUITY FUND -- rank: 581

... statutory criteria for an award of accidental disability pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39. The Board, therefore, rejected the ALJ's recommendation and affirmed ... the performance of his [or her] regular or assigned duties . . . .' N.J.S.A. 18A:66- 39(c). In this case, the Board does not dispute that ... or assigned duties.' Kasper, 164 N.J. at 587 (quoting N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(c)). In that regard, the Court explained: The organizing principle ...

docket:	a1211-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-12-27
status:	unpublished
citation:
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24 NEW JERSEY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TEACHERS PENSION AND ANNUITY FUND -- rank: 560

... which the application is based. We reject this. When harmonized, N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39 and N.J.S.A. 18A:66-40(a) render ...

docket:	a3158-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-06-26
status:	unpublished
citation:
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25 GEORGE POLITZA v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- rank: 519

... is faithful to the Legislature's restorative vision in amending N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(c). As we previously noted, the amendment was not transformative ... disability pension under the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund Law, N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(c), which, identical to N.J.S.A. 43:16A ...

docket:	a2057-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-02-05
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	22870

26 Stewart A. Richardson v. Board of Trustees, Police & Firemen's Retirement System -- rank: 508

... are also offered under the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS), N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39. Each of those pension systems conditions the grant of accidental ...

docket:	a-100-05
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2007-07-24
status:
citation:	192 N.J. 189
Document Size:	73780

27 DELORES FAIRWEATHER v. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- rank: 494

... 43:16A-7, and the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund, N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39. Accordingly, precedent construing each of the three statutes is relevant ...

docket:	A1421-03
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2004-11-29
status:	published
citation:	373 N.J. Super. 288 861 A.2d 186
Document Size:	36003

28 SHARON COOPER v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES TEACHERS' PENSION AND ANNUITY FUND - -- rank: 480

... following day, petitioner applied for accidental disability retirement benefits under N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(c). The Board denied her application, noting that an independent ... had been 'totally and permanently' disabled. This appeal followed. I. N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(c) provides disability benefits to covered teachers who have been ...

docket:	a3286-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-11-28
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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29 ESPERANZA SHAPIRO v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- rank: 480

... a claim for accidental disability benefits under an analogous statute, N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(c). Citing Kasper , supra , 164 N.J. at 585-86 ... result of the performance of his regular or assigned duties." N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39(c). The Court allowed the benefit, because the employee was ...

docket:	a4560-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-10-02
status:	unpublished
citation:
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30 NEW JERSEY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, ET AL. -- rank: 470

... of its business and controls the pensions entrusted to it. N.J.S.A. 18A:66-39 also allows the retirement of a member for accidental disability ...

docket:	a1144-98
court:	njappellate
decided:	2000-01-19
status:	published
citation:	327 N.J.Super. 405
Document Size:	18484