Pufahl v. Murray

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

Petitioner, a retired police officer, applied for accidental disability retirement benefits claiming that two work-related incidents occurring in 1983 and 2006 caused him to be permanently incapacitated from his employment. Petitioner’s application was initially denied. Following an administrative hearing, the Hearing Officer also denied…