Legal Opinion

La Bella v. Hevesi

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 16, 2006Published

1Opinion of the Court

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 disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner was a fire captain with the New Rochelle Fire Department in Westchester County. He was injured on March 22, 2003 when one of the crew members he was supervising activated the air horn and siren on a fire engine located inside the firehouse during a routine inspection. Petitioner was in close proximity to the fire engine at the time and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Lichtenstein v. Board of TrusteesNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. Arthur A. Johnson Corp. v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
  3. Arthur A. Johnson Corp. v. Indemnity InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1958
  4. Huether v. ReganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  5. Hambel v. ReganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

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