Legal Opinion
Cossifos v. New York State & Local Employees' Retirement System
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 28, 2000PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Carpinello, J.
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 the Comptroller which denied petitioner’s request for accidental disability retirement benefits.
Petitioner, a senior court officer, was eating lunch in the locker room at his employer’s premises when another court officer inadvertently caused one of the lockers to fall, injuring petitioner. The Comptroller denied petitioner’s application for accidental disability retirement benefits based upon a finding that petitioner was on…
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