Legal Opinion
Bitchatchi v. Board of Trustees of New York City Police Department Pension Fund
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 13, 2012PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Graffeo, J.
Each of these appeals involves a police officer who responded to provide assistance at the World Trade Center following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Two officers seek accidental disability retirement benefits and the surviving spouse of another officer makes a claim for line-of-duty death benefits. Central to all three CPLR article 78 proceedings is the application of the statutory World Trade Center (WTC) presumption (see Administrative Code of City of NY § 13-252.1 [1] [a]), under which an officer’s disability or death as a result of a qualifying condition…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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