Legal Opinion
White v. County of Cortland
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 14, 2002PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
Is a corrections officer required to prove that performance of his job duties caused or contributed to his disability in a substantial degree in order to qualify for benefits under General Municipal Law § 207-c? We answer that question in the negative. .
Petitioner began working as a full-time corrections officer for defendant County in 1989. On June 18, 1995, he suffered a work-related heart attack that disabled him from performing his duties through October 31, 1995. He then returned to work on a modified-duty basis until June 13, 1996, when he…
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- McNamara v. City of SyracuseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
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