Dreher v. DiNapoli

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 accidental disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner worked as a senior court officer and was tasked with, among other things, transporting a judge who needed assistance to the courthouse. While traveling to the judge’s residence in October 2008, petitioner took a brief detour in order to purchase a cup of coffee and was struck by a car while crossing the street, sustaining…