Dingee v. County of Dutchess

—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to vacate an arbitration award denying the petitioner’s application for benefits pursuant to General Municipal Law § 207-c, the appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Pagones, J.), which denied the petition.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The petitioner, a correction officer employed by the County of Dutchess, allegedly sustained physical injuries while on duty, when the chair in which he was seated inside the control room at the county jail collapsed beneath him. The petitioner was denied benefits…