Day v. Board of Trustees of New York City Fire Department

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered September 13, 1978, denying petitioner’s application for accidental disability retirement, is unanimously reversed, without costs, on the law and in the exercise of discretion, and the petition is granted to the extent of remanding the matter to the Fire Department’s Article 1-B Pension Fund Medical Board for reconsideration of the application in light of the October 18, 1977 report of Dr. Arthur L. Eisenstein. Petitioner, a 28-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department, injured his knee in the line of duty on June 25, 1977. Over the…