No Duty Disability Benefits for Police Officer's Falls

A New York appellate court ruled that a police officer was not entitled to duty disability benefits for his back pain following a fall while restraining a suspect and another fall while searching for people in a burning building. Case: Matter of Buckley v. DiNapoli, No. 526128, 11/15/2018, published. Facts: Dennis Buckley worked as a police officer. In May 2004 during a domestic dispute, he restrained a man who was trying to climb a flight of stairs. Buckley had grabbed the man from behind, and the man “kicked back,” causing Buckley to fall down the stairs to a cement ...