IN THE MATTER OF MELENDEZ v. NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER


54 A.D.3d 1128 (2008)

863 N.Y.S.2d 844

In the Matter of ROBERT MELENDEZ, Petitioner, v. NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER et al., Respondents.

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

September 18, 2008.


PETERS, J.

Petitioner, a police officer employed by the Village of Freeport Police Department in Nassau County, was injured in February 2004 after tripping over a snowbank while chasing two suspects. In October 2004, petitioner was also injured while pursuing two individuals when he fell while scaling a fence. Petitioner had climbed to the top of the fence and, as he tried to jump to the ground, his foot allegedly hit the top of an unseen second fence built adjacent...

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