Martin v. Regan

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of the Comptroller which denied petitioner’s application for accidental disability retirement benefits. On February 12, 1979, while in the performance of his duty as a police officer employed by the Village of Massena, petitioner slipped getting out of his patrol car and injured his left foot. He was treated periodically by an orthopedist and was hospitalized twice over the ensuing 15-month period. Petitioner filed for workers’…