Case Name: In the Matter of Andrea Gaillard, Appellant, v. Howard Safir, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-09-22
Citations: 253 A.D.2d 679
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Andrea Gaillard, Appellant, v Howard Safir, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 253
Pages: 679–679

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Andrea Gaillard, Appellant, v Howard Safir, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
[677 NYS2d 465]

Opinion:
Judgment (denominated an order), Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.), entered July 11, 1997, which denied petitioner's application to annul respondents' determination denying petitioner an accidental disability pension, and dismissed the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Substantial evidence supports the Medical Board's finding that petitioner has a disabling rheumatologic disorder. The Board of Trustees was entitled to rely on the Medical Board's opinion that such disorder cannot be attributed to any one or combination of petitioner's line of duty injuries (see, Matter of Drayson v Board of Trustees, 37 AD2d 378, 381, affd 32 NY2d 852; Matter of Simmons v Herkommer, 62 NY2d 711; cf., Matter of Meyer v Board of Trustees, 90 NY2d 139, 148-152). Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Ellerin, Nardelli and Williams, JJ.