Boudreau v. Regan

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent Comptroller which denied petitioner’s application for accidental disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner, a traffic light repairman, injured his back in an incident occurring on October 20, 1983 when called to repair a traffic light. As he alighted from his truck, his foot stepped on a bottle lying on the ground. Petitioner seized the steering wheel to steady himself, twisting his back and injuring it. Later,…