N.Y. General Municipal Law 207-K*2 – Disabilities of policemen and firemen in certain cities
* § 207-k. Disabilities of policemen and firemen in certain cities. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law or administrative code to the contrary, but except for the purposes of sections two hundred seven-a and two hundred seven-c of this article, the workers' compensation law and the labor law, any condition of impairment of health caused by diseases of the heart, or by a stroke, resulting in total or partial disability or death to a paid member of the uniformed force of a paid police department or fire department, where such paid policemen or firemen are drawn from competitive civil service lists, who successfully passed a physical examination on entry into the service of such respective department, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presumptive evidence that it was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty, unless the contrary be proved by competent evidence.
Terms Used In N.Y. General Municipal Law 207-K*2
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
b. The provisions of this section shall remain in full force and effect to and including the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred seventy-four.
* NB Expired July 1, 1995 per subdivision 2; see retirement and social security law § 480 for expiration
* NB There are 2 § 207-k's