Chester v. New York State & Local Employees' Retirement System

—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent Comptroller which denied petitioner’s request for disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner was employed by the Department of Motor Vehicles when, on September 6, 1989, she slipped while descending the office stairs and sustained injuries. Petitioner subsequently filed for disability retirement benefits. Finding that petitioner had not established that her injuries were caused by an accident within the meaning of Retirement and…