Heisler v. Regan

—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent Comptroller which denied petitioner’s applications for accidental and performance of duty disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner, a firefighter, claimed that during the performance of his duties as an assistant alarm dispatcher he encountered two incidents in 1988 so stressful in nature that they left a damaging impact on his psyche. Petitioner’s psychiatrist testified that petitioner suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder…