A New York appellate court overturned an award of benefits to a police chief for injuries he sustained while driving his patrol on a personal weekend trip.
Case: Matter of Love v. Village of Pleasantville, No. 530932, 12/24/2020, published.
Facts and procedural history: Richard Love worked for the Village of Pleasantville as its chief of police. He filed a workers’ compensation claim seeking benefits for injuries he allegedly sustained in a motor vehicle accident while he had been driving his police car.
The village attempted to contest the claim, but the Workers' Compensatio...
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