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

In July 2008, petitioner, a clerk typist, was assigned to fill in for another employee, the latter of whom worked in a building adjacent to petitioner’s regular work location. While delivering some paperwork during the course of her temporary assignment, petitioner slipped and fell down a set of stairs, sustaining various injuries. Petitioner’s…