Reichfeld v. Safir

Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Louis York, J.), entered on or about October 29, 1997, which, in a proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 to annul and vacate a determination by respondent Board of Trustees denying petitioner’s application for accident disability retirement benefits and retiring him on ordinary disability, dismissed the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Respondent Board of Trustees reasonably found the contemporaneous injury and medical reports generated in connection with petitioner’s fall to be more reliable than…