MATTER OF SCHMIDT v. PUTNAM COUNTY OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF


49 A.D.3d 761 (2008)

854 N.Y.S.2d 178

In the Matter of JEFFREY SCHMIDT, Respondent, v. PUTNAM COUNTY OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF et al., Appellants.

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

Decided March 18, 2008.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

In order to be eligible for disability benefits pursuant to General Municipal Law § 207-c, a covered municipal employee need only prove a direct causal relationship between job duties and the resulting illness or injury (see Matter of White v County of Cortland, 97 N.Y.2d 336, 340 [2002]). The word "duties" in General Municipal Law § 207-c encompasses the full range...

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