No Benefits for Correction Officer's PTSD from Witnessing Death of Incarcerated Individual

A New York appellate court upheld the denial of benefits to a correction officer who witnessed the death of an incarcerated individual whom she had known previously. Case: Matter of Croom v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, No. CV-24-1886, 06/11/2026, published. Facts: Jennifer Croom worked as a correction sergeant at the Albion Correctional Facility. One of the incarcerated individuals in the facility, who Croom had met over a decade earlier while working at a juvenile residential center, experienced a medical emergency in 2023. Croom and the facility nur...