Landestoy v. Regan

—Casey, J.

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 which denied petitioner’s application for accidental disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner, a mental hygiene therapy aide, injured her back while working with a client at a group home for the mentally retarded. In denying petitioner’s application for accidental disability retirement benefits, respondent concluded that petitioner’s injury resulted from expected strain in the ordinary course of her duties and, therefore,…