Wheeler 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 re*661spondent which denied petitioner’s application for accidental disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner worked as the Chief Clerk for the Rome City Court from 1978 until 1993. She left her job in 1993 as the result of health problems attributable to the poor air quality in the building in which she worked. Respondent denied her application for accidental disability retirement benefits on the basis that petitioner failed to demonstrate that…