Canner v. New York State Comptroller

Petitioner, a police sergeant charged with supervising large-scale narcotics investigations, applied for accidental disability retirement benefits claiming that he is permanently incapacitated as the result of a work-related injury to his right wrist that occurred on the evening of September 13, 2007. Specifically, petitioner claimed that, while he and two fellow officers were looking for a discreet location from which they could observe a controlled drug buy, he exited an unmarked police car onto a dimly lit street and tripped over a loose piece of concrete causing him to fall onto a…