February 27, 1997. Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent Comptroller which denied petitioner's request for accidental disability retirement benefits. Before: Mercure, J.P., Crew III, Casey, Yesawich Jr. and Spain, JJ. Petitioner, a warrant and transfer officer with the State Division of Parole, applied for accidental disability retirement benefits after allegedly sustaining
No. 502727. December 6, 2007. Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent Comptroller which denied petitioner's application for accidental disability retirement benefits. Bartlett, McDonough, Bastone Monaghan, L.L.P., White Plains (Erin Coxen of counsel), for petitioner. Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, Albany (William E. Storrs of counsel), for respondents. Before: Mercure, Crew
No. 509780. December 16, 2010. Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent which denied petitioner's application for accidental retirement benefits. Bartlett, McDonough, Bastone Monaghan, L.L.P., White Plains (Benai L. Lifshitz of counsel), for petitioner. Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, Albany (William E. Storrs of counsel), for respondent. Before: Cardona, P.J., Peters, Spain
October 5, 1995 Appeal from the Supreme Court, Albany County. Petitioner, formerly employed as a laborer by the Village of Solvay Highway Department in Onondaga County, broke his leg and ankle when he fell down a flight of stairs at the Solvay Public Library. The fall, which happened as petitioner was proceeding to a basement room where he was to assist a carpenter with the installation of new paneling, apparently occurred when his heel caught on part of a non-skid stair tread that was in poor condition