Case Name: In the Matter of John T. O'Hagan, Appellant, v. Board of Trustees of the New York City Fire Department Pension Fund, Article 1-B, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1981-12-17
Citations: 55 N.Y.2d 784
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of John T. O’Hagan, Appellant, v Board of Trustees of the New York City Fire Department Pension Fund, Article 1-B, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 55
Pages: 784–786

Head Matter:
In the Matter of John T. O’Hagan, Appellant, v Board of Trustees of the New York City Fire Department Pension Fund, Article 1-B, et al., Respondents.
Decided December 17, 1981
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Michael T. Sullivan for appellant.
Allen G. Schwartz, Corporation Counsel (Paul T. Rephen of counsel), for respondents.
Murray A. Gordon and Norman E. Teitler for Uniformed Firefighters Association and another, amici curiae.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
On summary consideration, order affirmed, with costs, and the certified question answered in the affirmative. It was proper for the Appellate Division to remand the matter to respondent board of trustees for a fair consideration of petitioner's application, there being no reason to presume that an unbiased board would not properly consider the merits of the application. In view of this disposition, it is unnecessary to reach the question of whether petitioner's hearing loss, sustained over a period of time, may be considered an accidental injury within the meaning of section B19-7.84 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York.
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.