A New York appellate court ruled that a police officer who injured himself while disposing of property at a landfill when his glove got caught on a bracket from a chair he was throwing from the back of a truck was not entitled to an accidental disability retirement.
Case: Hyland v. New York State Comptroller, No. 518446, 10/02/2014, published.
Facts: Patrick Hyland applied for accidental disability retirement benefits alleging that he was permanently incapacitated from performing his duties as a police officer due to his injuries from a mishap while he was disposing of property at a lan...
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