Legal Opinion
Tobin v. Steisel
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 7, 1985PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Meyer, J.
An accident which precipitates the development of a latent condition or aggravates a preexisting condition is a cause of disability within the meaning of Administrative Code of the City of New York § B3-40.0. Because in denying petitioner an accident disability pension the Board of Trustees appears to have applied an incorrect standard of causation, the matter must be sent back to it for reconsideration in accordance with this opinion.
Petitioner was employed as a “stationary fireman” with the New York City Department of Sanitation and tended an incinerator unit in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Matter of Scotto v. Bd. of Trs. of the Police Pension Fund of the City of New York, Article IINew York Court of Appeals · 1981
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