Rose, J.
Petitioner, a court officer, applied for accidental disability retirement benefits for an injury that he sustained immediately after physically restraining and removing an unruly prisoner from the courtroom where he was working. Respondent Comptroller denied petitioner's application because the incident involved a risk inherent in petitioner's employment and did not constitute a qualifying accident as that term is
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