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Summaries of, and commentaries on, selected court and administrative decisions and related matters affecting public employers and employees in New York State in particular and possibly in other jurisdictions in general.
Dec 26, 2022
Facts pleading constitutional violations may be brought in a CPLR Article 78 proceeding.
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Existence of a special duty serves to overcome governmental function immunity by establishing an exception to the rule that a municipality, in performing a governmental function, owes a duty only to the public at large, and not to any particular individual.
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Determining whether certain compensation outlined in the collective bargaining agreement constitutes "regular salary or wages" for the purposes of calculating a retirees' General Municipal Law §207-a(2) supplement.
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Applicant for performance of duty disability retirement benefits "bore the burden of proving that [s]he was 'physically or mentally incapacitated from performance of duty as the natural and proximate result of a disability sustained in such service'".
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Court of Claims properly dismissed the class action claims as claimants failed to satisfy the pleading requirements found in Court of Claims Act §11(b), which must be strictly construed.
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Arbitrating disputes involving General Municipal Law §207-a benefits pursuant to an arbitration clause in the collective bargaining agreement.
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