A Nassau County Police Lieutenant injured in a motor-vehicle accident is entitled to a line-of-duty disability pension even though he could still perform the part of his job that involved paperwork, a four-judge panel of the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court has ruled.
The issue is not whether the Lieutenant, Brent J. Cook Jr., “is capable of performing the clerical tasks assigned to him while on restricted duty but, rather, whether he is capable of performing the full duties of a Police Lieutenant,” according to the ruling, issued Jan. 14.
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