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MATTER OF SUTHERLAND v. VILLAGE OF SUFFERN

289 A.D.2d 582 (2001)

735 N.Y.S.2d 605

In the Matter of BRUCE SUTHERLAND, Appellant, v. VILLAGE OF SUFFERN et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

Decided December 31, 2001.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The petitioner, a police officer, injured his shoulder when he attempted to open a door to the station house while on duty. He applied for benefits under General Municipal Law § 207-c, and the Chief of the Village of Suffern Police Department (hereinafter the Police Chief) denied the benefits.

The Court of Appeals has stated that the purpose behind General Municipal Law § 207-c "is to compensate...

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