Sledge v. New York State Police

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 application for performance of duty disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner, a police officer with the East Hampton Police Department in Suffolk County, applied for performance of duty disability benefits relating to an occurrence on November 15, 1987 when she assisted an ambulance driver in lifting a 250-pound woman. The sole issue is whether, based upon conflicting medical testimony, there…