A New York appellate court upheld the denial of disability retirement benefits to a corrections officer who was injured while attempting to stop an inmate from hanging herself.
Case: Donley v. DiNapoli, No. 524353, 08/17/2017, published.
Facts: James Donley worked as a corrections officer. He injured his left arm in May 2012 while trying to prevent an inmate from committing suicide.
Donley was placed on a light-duty assignment after this incident, and in December 2012, he applied for performance of duty disability retirement benefits.
Procedural history: The retirement board denied Donley&...
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