Root v. Regan

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court at *655Special Term, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of the Comptroller which denied petitioner’s application for accidental disability retirement. Petitioner was employed in the laundry room of the Rome Developmental Center. In the course of her duties on May 2, 1975, claimant experienced a pain in her shoulder as the result of lifting a laundry bag which she had difficulty removing from a laundry cart. She was hospitalized for a time thereafter and subsequently returned to work.…