IN THE MATTER OF CAPPARELLA v. McCALL


7 A.D.3d 875 (2004)

776 N.Y.S.2d 624

In the Matter of DONALD J. CAPPARELLA, Petitioner, v. H. CARL McCALL, as State Comptroller, Respondent.

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

May 6, 2004.


Mugglin, J.

On December 12, 1999, petitioner, a sergeant with the Village of Dobbs Ferry Police Department in Westchester County, was checking the equipment in his patrol car. As part of that check, petitioner had to lift a portable oxygen unit out of the car's trunk. The unit was caught on a first aid kit, however, and as petitioner attempted to lift it, he experienced pain in his right elbow and numbness in his right hand. Petitioner was examined at a hospital and...

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