The Superior Court of Rhode Island upheld a denial of an accidental disability retirement pension to a dental assistant for her needle-stick injury.
Case: Reardon v. Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island, No. KC-2021-0784, 07/14/2023, published.
Facts and procedural history: Helen Reardon worked as a dental assistant with the Department of Human Services. She allegedly was pricked by a needle at work in July 2015 while attempting to discard it.
Reardon filed an application for an accidental disability retirement pension, asserting she has permanent and disabling conditions caus...
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