Bruni v. Regan

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 application for accidental disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner was employed as a laborer by the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, when he suffered an accidental injury in the course of his employment on May 5, 1983. Petitioner was placed on leave without pay status beginning May 25, 1983. Shortly thereafter, according to petitioner, he contacted an unidentified town official who informed…