MATTER OF HANSON v. SHEA

Index No. 152707/21 Appeal No. 17421 Case No. 2022-01682.

214 A.D.3d 413 (2023)

185 N.Y.S.3d 52

2023 NY Slip Op 01141

In the Matter of Cathleen Hanson, as Widow and Beneficiary of the Estate of Michael Hanson, Deceased, Respondent, v. Dermot F. Shea, as the Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Appellants.

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

Decided March 2, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Susan Paulson of counsel), for appellants.

Goldberg & McEnaney, LLC, Port Washington ( Timothy McEnaney of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Friedman, Gesmer, Singh, Higgitt, JJ.


Judgment (denominated an order), Supreme Court, New York County (Lynn R. Kotler, J.), entered on or about January 24, 2022, granting the petition pursuant to CPLR article 78 to annul respondents' determination, dated August 12, 2020, which denied petitioner's application for World Trade Center (WTC) accidental death benefits, and granting the application for the benefits, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, and the matter remanded for further proceedings...

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