Legal Opinion
Achatz v. New York State & Local Police & Fire Retirement System
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 22, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMercure, J.
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 applications for accidental and performance of duty disability retirement benefits.
Petitioner, a firefighter for the City of Buffalo Fire Department, applied for accidental and performance of duty disability retirement benefits after allegedly sustaining a lower back injury on March 28, 1992, when he fell on his buttocks while shoveling snow outside of a fire house. Following a hearing, the…
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