Madonna v. New York State Police & Firemen Retirement System

—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 Comptroller which denied petitioner’s request for accidental disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner, a police officer employed by the Port Authority, injured his left knee during the course of his employment when transporting a patient on a stretcher from the airport terminal to an ambulance. While lowering the stretcher over the curb where construction was underway due to airport renovations, petitioner misjudged the height of…