Geremski v. Department of Fire

Stewart F. Hancock, Jr., J.

In this article 78 proceeding the petitioner, a fire fighter of the City of Syracuse, seeks a judgment directing the respondents to pay him during his disability the full amount of his wages and his medical and hospital costs pursuant to section 207-a of the General Municipal Law.

The sole question is whether petitioner’s disability resulting from a diseased and damaged heart — for which he eventually underwent surgery — is causally related to the performance of his duties as a fire fighter. Specifically, this court must decide whether petitioner was ‘ ‘ injured in…