Atkins 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 State Comptroller, which denied petitioner’s application for accidental disability retirement benefits. Petitioner was employed as a school aide at a preschool program for retarded children. One of her duties was to assist the children in getting off the bus, for which she was given specific training in how to lift children. Following an injury to her right arm and neck while lifting a child from the school bus on January…