Legal Opinion
Leone v. Sheriff's Department
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 9, 1991PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Weiss, J.
In what appears to be a case of first impression, this court is called upon to decide whether a municipality, which, pursuant to General Municipal Law § 207-c, has paid both salary and the cost of medical treatment rendered to a police officer injured in the line of duty, is entitled to reimbursement of the amount paid for the medical treatment out of a schedule award subsequently received by the injured employee under the Workers’ Compensation Law. Since in this case the amount of the wages paid was conceded to be a proper offset against the schedule award, the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Zappone v. Home InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Hogan v. CulkinNew York Court of Appeals · 1966
- Claim of Douglas Smith v. Tompkins County CourthouseNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Crawford v. Sheriff's DepartmentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Curley v. DilworthAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Claim of Brozzo v. St. Joe Minerals Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Leone v. Oneida County Sheriff's DepartmentNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
- Matter of McCabe v. Albany County Sheriff's DepartmentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- Uniform Firefighters v. City of CohoesNew York Supreme Court · 1998
- White v. County of CortlandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001