Case Name: In the Matter of Robert Ruocco, 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: 2001-12-04
Citations: 289 A.D.2d 9
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Robert Ruocco, Appellant, v Howard Safir, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 289
Pages: 9–9

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Robert Ruocco, Appellant, v Howard Safir, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
[733 NYS2d 603]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy Friedman, J.), entered July 25, 2000, which dismissed the petition brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 to annul respondents' denial of petitioner's application for accident disability retirement benefits, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The application was properly denied in view of the credible evidence, including petitioner's medical records and the results of respondents' examinations of petitioner, supporting respondent Medical Board's determination that petitioner's disability did not stem from the orthopedic condition upon which his application for accident disability retirement benefits was premised (see, Matter of Borenstein v New York City Employees' Retirement Sys., 88 NY2d 756, 760-761). Concur — Sullivan, P. J., Williams, Ellerin, Lerner and Saxe, JJ.