The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and the order of Supreme Court, Rockland County, reinstated.
Gary Vance, a member of the respondent town's police department, sprained his right thumb while on duty, and claimed to be totally incapacitated thereby. Departmental rules provided that "When on sick leave a member shall not leave his place of confinement or his residence except...
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