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Slip and Fall on Ice Not an “Accident” Within Meaning of Retirement and Social Security Law

The Third Department confirmed the comptroller’s finding that petitioner, who worked for a town public safety department, was not entitled to enhanced disability benefits based upon a slip and fall on ice.  The incident did not constitute an “accident” within the meaning of the Retirement and Social Security Law:

As defined for purposes of the Retirement and Social Security Law, an unexpected and unfortunate incident does not constitute an accident, so as to support an award of benefits, “where the injury results from an expected or foreseeable event arising during the performance of routine employment duties'” … . Significantly, the burden is on the party seeking benefits to establish that the incident causing his or her injury was an accident … .

Here, petitioner testified that the night before the incident there was an ice storm, and he left for work early the following morning to allow him time to navigate the icy road conditions. He stated that he spoke to his supervisor while en route and arrived in the parking lot about 10 minutes prior to his regularly scheduled shift. As he exited his vehicle, he took a few steps and then slipped and fell in the parking lot. While he was on the ground, he saw that he was lying on ice, and water was running down the middle. Based upon petitioner’s testimony describing the occurrence and his awareness of the hazardous conditions created by the ice storm, he should have reasonably anticipated that the parking lot would be slippery when he exited his vehicle. Accordingly, as the precipitating event was entirely foreseeable, substantial evidence supports the Comptroller’s finding that the incident did not constitute an accident within the meaning of the Retirement and Social Security Law and, thus, that petitioner was not entitled to enhanced benefits… . Matter of Begley v DiNapoli, 2015 NY Slip Op 07323, 3rd Dept 10-8-15

 

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