Matter of Walsh v. New York State Comptroller

Decision: 2019.11.25

Argument: 2019.10.16 vid. tr.

In CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging the denial of performance of duty disability retirement benefits under Retirement and Social Security Law § 607-c, whether substantial evidence supports the Comptroller’s determination that petitioner failed to demonstrate that her injuries were the “natural and proximate result of [ ] an act of any inmate” within the meaning of section 607-c–injury occurring when inmate impaired by alcohol or drugs fell on petitioner correction officer–involuntary versus deliberate act by inmate.

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• Correction officer’s injury caused by inmate accident qualifies for enhanced retirement benefits (Matter of Walsh v. NYS Comptroller).
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