Peters, J.
Petitioner, who was injured when she slipped and fell at her place of employment while walking on a floor which she described as highly waxed and slippery, contends that respondent Comptroller erred in concluding that she did not sustain an accident within the meaning of Retirement and Social Security Law § 63. An accident is a "`sudden, fortuitous mischance, unexpected, out of the ordinary, and injurious in impact'" (Matter of Lichtenstein v Board...
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