Court Strikes Changed Definition of 'Willful Negligence'

The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division invalidated the Public Employees' Retirement System’s amended definition of “willful negligence” for workers seeking accidental disability pensions. Case: In re N.J.A.C., No. A-2059-18, 06/21/2021, published. Facts and procedural history: To receive an accidental disability pension, New Jersey Statutes Section 43:15A-43(a) requires that a public employee prove his disability as not the result of his own “willful negligence.” For more than 50 years, the Public Employees' Retirement System Boar...