Goldsmith 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 the State Comptroller which denied petitioner’s application for accidental disability retirement benefits. On September 30, 1975, petitioner, a Suffolk County police officer, allegedly suffered permanent back and leg injuries when his patrol car struck a protruding manhole cover. Respondent Comptroller found no permanent incapacity and disapproved petitioner’s application for accidental disability retirement benefits.…