A New York appellate court upheld the denial of accidental disability retirement benefits to an officer suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after he shot and killed a gunman who opened fire in the lobby of the Middletown City Court four years ago.
Case: Kowal v. DiNapoli, No. 522576, 12/01/2016, published.
Facts: Robert Kowal worked as a court officer for approximately 15 years.
In February 2012, he was working the X-ray machine in the lobby of the Middletown City Court when a man with a 12-gauge shotgun opened fire.
There were about 40 people in the lobby when Timothy Mulqueen, ...
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