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POLICEMAN AND FIREFIGHTER WERE INJURED BY RISKS INHERENT IN THEIR JOBS AND THEREFORE WERE NOT ENTITLED TO ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS (CT APP).

The Court of Appeals, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge Stein, over a two-judge concurrence/dissent, determined that the injuries suffered by a policemen (Kelly) , who was injured preventing a rafter from falling on another officer attempting to rescue residents of a house crushed by a tree during Hurricane Sandy, and a firefighter (Sica), who was injured by odorless toxic gases while performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on two unconscious persons, did not suffer accidental injury within the meaning of the Retirement and Social Security Law. Therefore, neither petitioner was entitled to accidental disability retirement benefits:

… [T]here is substantial evidence in the record to support the determination that Kelly’s actions in assisting the injured residents of the house during life-threatening conditions fell within his job duties, and that his injuries did not result from a sudden, unexpected event that was not a risk inherent in his duties as a police officer … . …

… [E]xposure to toxic chemicals was a risk for which Sica had been trained, that he had responded to a gas leak in the past, and that his job duties specifically required “working with exposure to . . . fumes, explosives, toxic materials, chemicals and corrosives,” the particular risk that caused Sica’s injury. Inasmuch as it is not unexpected that a firefighter whose job duties required him to respond to emergency medical calls would be exposed to toxic fumes in responding to a call for difficulty breathing, … Sica’s injuries were the result of a risk inherent in his ordinary duties as a firefighter … . Matter of Kelly v DiNapoli, 2018 NY Slip Op 01016, CtApp 2-13-18

RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW (ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS, POLICEMAN AND FIREFIGHTER WERE INJURED BY RISKS INHERENT IN THEIR JOBS AND THEREFORE WERE NOT ENTITLED TO ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS (CT APP))/ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS (POLICEMAN AND FIREFIGHTER WERE INJURED BY RISKS INHERENT IN THEIR JOBS AND THEREFORE WERE NOT ENTITLED TO ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS (CT APP))/POLICE OFFICERS  (ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS, POLICEMAN AND FIREFIGHTER WERE INJURED BY RISKS INHERENT IN THEIR JOBS AND THEREFORE WERE NOT ENTITLED TO ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS (CT APP))/FIREFIGHTERS (ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS, POLICEMAN AND FIREFIGHTER WERE INJURED BY RISKS INHERENT IN THEIR JOBS AND THEREFORE WERE NOT ENTITLED TO ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS (CT APP))

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