Legal Opinion
Claim of Ortega v. New York State & Local Police & Fire Retirement
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 1, 1991PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Casey, J.
On November 19, 1985, claimant’s husband was accidentally killed in the performance of his duty as a State Police Officer when the police car in which he was a passenger crashed into a parked tractor trailer. Claimant subsequently filed a workers’ compensation claim for death benefits. Between the date of death and the date of the workers’ compensation award, the Comptroller paid claimant the full accidental death benefit allowance in the amount of $12,402.08, pursuant to Retirement and Social Security Law § 361, inasmuch as decedent was a member of the New York…
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