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The superior court possesses concurrent original jurisdiction with the supreme court to grant writs of certiorari.

rs 6, 7,8,13 and 14 amount to “critical factual errors.” We conclude, based upon our review of the record, that these findings are either amply supported by the record, see Town of Croydon v. Current Use Advisory Bd., 121 N.H. 442, 446 (1981), or that the errors or omissions are harmless because they are minor in relation to the independent evidence in the record supporting the board’s conclusion.

We have concurrent original jurisdiction with the superior court to grant writs of certiorari, see Bothwick v. State, 119 N.H. 588, 590, 406 A.2d 462, 467 (1979); thus, the petitioner could have sought relief directly from this court/We also note that we have before us the same documentary record’ that would be available to the superior court.

Rules, Hum 210.02(a), (c) (1998), or petitioning for a writ of certiorari, see Bothwick v. State, 119 N.H. 583, 590-91, 406 A.2d 462, 467 (1979).

clude that the remedial purpose of the workers’ compensation law is best served by a rule that encourages claimants with meritorious appeals to seek compensation through the appeals process, cf. Galloway v. Chicago-Soft, Ltd., 142 N.H. 752, 759-60, 713 A.2d 982, 986 (1998) (awarding attorney’s fees pursuant to wage claim statute), while discouraging unnecessary litigation, see Bothwick v. State, 119 N.H. 583, 589, 406 A.2d 462, 466 (1979).

Appeal of Briand, 138 N.H. 555, 560, 644 A.2d 47, 50 (1994); see also Bothwick v. State, 119 N.H. 583, 588, 406 A.2d 462, 465 (1979) (finding medical evidence of aggravation of preexisting condition by work-related activities sufficient evidence of medical causation).

This court has concurrent original jurisdiction with the superior court to grant writs of certiorari, Bothwich v. State, 119 N.H. 583, 590, 406 A.2d 462, 467 (1979), and thus, Day could have sought a writ of certiorari directly from us. We also note that the issue of whether there was sufficient evidentiary support for the board’s findings was raised in the notice of appeal and briefed by the retirement system.

Ct. App. 1981); 3 A. Larson, supra § 79.54(e) (1983); cf. Bothwick v. State, 119 N.H. 583, 587-88, 406 A.2d 462, 465 (1979) (hypertension); City of Rochester v. Smith, 119 N.H. 495, 497, 403 A.2d 421, 422 (1979) (heart and lung disease).

Bothwick v. State, 119 N.H. 583, 590, 406 A.2d 462, 467 (1979) (superior court has concurrent jurisdiction with supreme court to issue writs of certiorari).

Because RSA ch. 100-A does not provide for judicial review, a writ of certiorari is the sole remedy available to a party aggrieved by a decision of the board of trustees.

Accordingly, because the record supports the trial court’s inability to find legal causation under the Steinberg test, we hold that the court properly denied benefits for the claimant.

Hunsley v. Giard supra; cf., New Hampshire Supply Co. v. Steinberg, 119 N.H. 223, 400 A.2d 1163 (1979) (recognized that severe mental stress may be legal cause of heart attack in workmen’s compensation law); Bothwick v. State, 119 N.H. 583, 406 A.2d 462 (1979).