No Disability Retirement for Veteran Officer who had Heart Attack

A veteran state trooper who responded to the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was not entitled to disability benefits for his reactive airway dysfunction syndrome.Case: Matter of Kennedy v. DiNapoli, No. 515754, 05/30/2013, published.Facts: Brian Kennedy worked as a New York state police officer from 1984 until 2004. He was among the emergency personnel who responded to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, and he assisted in the recovery efforts at ground zero.After leaving the police force, Kennedy accepted a job as a private security guard. During the ...