Nunziata v. Police Department

Petitioner is the widow of a city detective who met his death on March 27, 1972, while engaged in the performance of his duties. On behalf of herself and her two children, aged 12 and 17, she has submitted to the Pension Bureau, of the Police Department, a petition for line of duty pension benefits. One of the theories upon which petitioner relies in the pending hearing before the bureau is that decedent’s death was not a suicide but a homicide in the line of duty.

By the present application, she seeks to inspect clothing worn by her husband at the time of his death; a signature card initially…