MATTER OF DOROTHY ORTIZ-TULLA v. NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM

512248.

89 A.D.3d 1360 (2011)

934 N.Y.S.2d 538

2011 NY Slip Op 8537

In the Matter of DOROTHY ORTIZ-TULLA, Petitioner, v. NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM et al., Respondents.

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

Decided November 23, 2011.


Spain, J.

Petitioner, a psychiatrist for the South Beach Psychiatric Center, was injured in October 2004 when, while entering the building in which she worked, she stepped backwards while opening the door and fell off the raised walkway, injuring her ankle and hip. After her application for accidental disability benefits was denied, petitioner sought a hearing and redetermination. Petitioner's application was thereafter denied by the Hearing Officer, finding that...

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