A New York appellate court ruled that a police officer's ankle injury, after she stepped into a pothole she said she had not seen, was not an "accident" for purposes of an award of accidental disability retirement benefits.
Case: Yurko v. DiNaopli, No. 518635, 11/13/2014, published.
Facts: Kimberly Yurko worked as a police officer. She twisted her ankle while stepping out of her patrol car upon arriving at a scene to assist with the arrest of a robbery suspect.
Yurko testified that her injury had occurred because she had stepped into a pothole approximately 2 feet wide. Accide...
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