Legal Opinion
Hallihan v. Ward
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 22, 1991PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Shirley Finger-hood, J.), entered September 19, 1989, denying a petition to annul a determination which had denied an application for accidental disability retirement, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
An accidental disability, for purposes of pension and retirement (Administrative Code of City of New York § 13-252), must meet the commonsense definition of a sudden and unexpected event (Matter of Lichtenstein v Board of Trustees, 57 NY2d 1010, 1012), as opposed to an injury resulting from routine performance of duty (Matter of McCambridge v McGuire,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Canfora v. Board of Trustees of the Police Pension FundNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- McCambridge v. McGuireNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- MATTER OF PRATT v. ReganNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Caruso v. New York City Police Department Pension FundNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
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