Leone v. Oneida County Sheriff's Department

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Claimant, a Deputy Sheriff, was injured in a line-of-duty accident during his employment with appellant Oneida County Sheriffs Department (County). As required by General Municipal Law § 207-c (1), the County paid claimant his full wages for the 4.8 weeks he was totally disabled and unable to work, plus $241.58 in necessary medical expenses.

The County had opted to cover its police officers under a workers’ compensation plan and was self-insured for that purpose. Claimant filed a claim with the…