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Finding by Workers’ Compensation Board that Corrections Officer’s Condition Was Work-Related Did Not Automatically Entitle Officer to Disability Benefits Under General Municipal Law 207-c

In upholding the county’s determination petitioner (a corrections officer) was not entitled to disability benefits under General Municipal Law 207-c., the Third Department noted that the finding by the Workers’ Compensation Board that petitioner’s condition was work-related did not, under the doctrine of collateral estoppel, automatically entitle the petitioner to disability benefits:

Contrary to petitioner’s initial contention, it is settled law that “a determination by the Workers’ Compensation Board that an injury is work-related” does not, “by operation of collateral estoppel, automatically entitle an injured employee to General Municipal Law § 207-c benefits” … . Accordingly, the Board’s determination did not collaterally estop [the county] from denying petitioner’s application for General Municipal Law § 207-c benefits.

Further, substantial evidence supports the determination denying petitioner benefits. Pursuant to General Municipal Law § 207-c, correction officers are entitled to benefits when they are injured “in the performance of [their] duties” … , so long as they can establish the existence of a “‘direct causal relationship between job duties and the resulting illness or injury'” … . This Court will uphold a determination regarding a correction officer’s eligibility for benefits if such decision is supported by substantial evidence … , i.e., “such relevant proof as a reasonable mind may accept as adequate to support a conclusion or ultimate fact, [which] is ‘less than a preponderance of the evidence'” … . Notably, credibility determinations are within the sole province of the Hearing Officer … . Matter of Jackson v Barber, 2015 NY Slip Op 08025, 3rd Dept 11-5-15

 

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