Manney v. McCall

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 which denied petitioner’s application for accidental disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner, a hospital nursing station clerk whose duties included, inter alia, answering telephone calls, collecting specimens, filing charts and operating a computer keyboard, was injured while assisting an X-ray technician move a heavy piece of equipment. Specifically, petitioner was holding a door open for the technician when the piece of…