MATTER OF COOK v. EAST GREENBUSH POLICE DEPARTMENT

515236

114 A.D.3d 1005 (2014)

979 N.Y.S.2d 880

2014 NY Slip Op 916

In the Matter of the Claim of JAMES D. COOK, Appellant, v. EAST GREENBUSH POLICE DEPARTMENT et al., Respondents. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

Decided February 13, 2014.


Lahtinen, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Board, filed March 6, 2012, which ruled that claimant did not sustain an accidental injury in the course of his employment and denied his claim for workers' compensation benefits.

Claimant, a patrol officer for the East Greenbush Police Department, was on duty in January 2009 when he was called to the scene of an incident in which an armed suspect was firing shots at passing motorists and law...

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