A New York appellate court ruled that a corrections officer was eligible for duty disability retirement benefits because she established that her injuries from being struck by a gate were caused by a direct interaction with an inmate.
Case: Matter of Traxler v. DiNapoli, No. 522066, 05/19/2016, published.
Facts: Sheila Traxler worked for the state of New York as a corrections officer.
She suffered injuries at work in June 2010 when a self-closing gate struck her.
The accident happened while Traxler was escorting three inmates through a gate from the visiting room.
After Traxler ...
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