Butler v. Regan

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 which denied petitioner’s application for accidental disability retirement benefits.

While engaged in the high-speed pursuit of burglary suspects pursuant to his duties as a police officer for the Nassau County Police Department on May 15, 1971, petitioner was involved in a serious head-on collision with another police vehicle. After approximately 45 minutes, rescuers were able to extricate petitioner from his badly damaged patrol…