Register 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 worked as a housekeeper for the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. She injured her lower back and right knee when she lost control of a stripping machine she was using to remove wax from some floors. Respondent denied her application for accidental disability retirement benefits finding that the incident which…