Petitioner, a correction officer at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County, was removing a prison inmate from his cell when the automatic cell gate stuck and did not open. Petitioner sustained a back injury while pulling on the cell gate in an attempt to open it. His subsequent application for accidental disability retirement benefits was denied on the grounds that his back injury was caused by his physical exertion and emanated from a risk inherent in his...
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