The sole issue on this appeal is whether a heart attack sustained by a police officer while on foot patrol in frigid weather can properly be construed to be an injury within the meaning of section 208-b of the General Municipal Law. The facts are undisputed. Petitioner's decedent, age 57 and a 25-year veteran of the Elmira Police Department with a history of heart disease, returned to the police station at 3:00 A.M. on January 10, 1979 for a meal break while on a midnight...
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