Murphy v. Bratton

Petitioner failed to establish entitlement to such benefits by demonstrating that his loss of hearing was the natural and proximate result of a service-related accident, which is a prerequisite to a grant of accident disability pension benefits (Matter of Canfora v Board of Trustees, 60 NY2d 347, 352; Matter of Ortiz v New York City Employees’ Retirement Sys., 173 AD2d 237, lv denied 78 NY2d 864). Petitioner’s participation in firing exercises at the firing range was a part of her routine duties as a police officer and the hearing loss sustained as a result was not the kind of sudden and…