Rankin v. New York State Employees' Retirement System

This is a submission of a controversy upon an agreed statement of facts. The issue is whether plaintiff, an employee of the Conservation Department of the State of New York, was incapacitated for duty as a natural and proximate result of an accident sustained in service within the meaning of section 65 of the Civil Service Law. The material portion of that statute reads as follows: “ Medical examination of a member under sixty years of age in service for accident disability and investigation of all statements and certifications by him or on his behalf in connection therewith shall be made…