Coach Suffering Two Separate Head Injuries While Preforming Duties Entitled to Accidental Disability Benefits

A New Jersey state appeals court has reversed a trial court, and found that a high school softball coach, who suffered two unrelated accidents — causing two separate concussions, is eligible for accidental disability benefits.   Central to the court’s ruling was its determination that plaintiff Thomas Mulcahey became “disabled as a direct result of a traumatic event occurring during and as a result of the performance of his regular or assigned duties.” Kasper v. Bd. of Trs., Teacher