Del Grosso v. Board of Trustees

OPINION OF THE COURT

Burton S. Sherman, J.

In this article 78 proceeding, petitioner seeks to annul the determination of the respondent, the Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund, Article II (hereinafter Board of Trustees), denying him an accidental disability pension and granting him an ordinary disability instead.

Petitioner, a police officer, was injured while removing barriers at a concert in Central Park, when he caught the heel of his shoe in a grating, lost his balance and twisted and injured his back. The Medical Board of the respondent examined the petitioner at the request of…