CANFORA v. BD. OF TRS.


60 N.Y.2d 347 (1983)

In the Matter of Edward Canfora, Appellant, v. Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund of the Police Department of the City of New York, Article II, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 29, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Stutman for appellant.

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Miriam Skolnik and Francis F. Caputo of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur.


JASEN, J.

In this CPLR article 78 proceeding, petitioner seeks annulment of respondent's determination denying petitioner accidental disability retirement benefits. The issue presented is whether the police board of trustees acted properly in refusing to accept the medical board's recommendation that petitioner was entitled to an accidental disability pension and, instead, granting him only an ordinary disability...

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