In re the Arbitration between New York State Inspection & Department of Correctional Services

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Hughes, J.), entered February 10, 1995 in Albany County, which, inter alia, dismissed petitioner’s application pursuant to CPLR 7511 to vacate an arbitration award.

William Fortier was employed by respondent as a correction officer at the Otisville Correctional Facility in Orange County. On January 8, 1994, Fortier was assigned as relief officer to a crew of four inmates involved in a snow plowing operation. At approximately 10:30 a.m. that morning, one of the inmates was assaulted and seriously injured by one of the other correction officers on…