Case Name: In the Matter of Kenneth Walsh, Appellant, v. Board of Trustees of the New York City Police Department Pension Fund, Article II, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2007-02-27
Citations: 37 A.D.3d 370
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Kenneth Walsh, Appellant, v Board of Trustees of the New York City Police Department Pension Fund, Article II, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 37
Pages: 370–371

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Kenneth Walsh, Appellant, v Board of Trustees of the New York City Police Department Pension Fund, Article II, Respondent.
[829 NYS2d 901]—

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold B. Beeler, J.), entered February 15, 2006, which denied the petition to annul respondents' determination denying petitioner's application for accident disability retirement benefits pursuant to General Municipal Law § 207-k, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
In view of the objective medical evidence demonstrating that petitioner's dilated cardiomyopathy was not accompanied by underlying stress-related coronary artery disease or hypertension, and the conclusions of various doctors that petitioner's disabling condition was of unknown origin, the statutory presumption set forth in General Municipal Law § 207-k was adequately rebutted, and the determination of respondent Board of Trustees that the condition was not job-related is not arbitrary and capricious (see Matter of McNamara v Kelly, 32 AD3d 747 [2006]; Matter of Seldon v Kelly, 21 AD3d 840 [2005]; Matter of Vallas v Safir, 304 AD2d 353 [2003]). Concur— Andrias, J.E, Friedman, Sullivan, Williams and Catterson, JJ.