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Matter of Lukas v. Brown

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 26, 1992
181 A.D.2d 612 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

Opinion

March 26, 1992

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Leland DeGrasse, J.).


Petitioner was appointed as a probationary police officer in July 1989. A background check revealed an incident not mentioned in the employment application she submitted to respondent Police Department. Following examination, petitioner's employment was terminated on the recommendation of respondents' medical experts.

We agree with the IAS Court that this determination, based as it was on evaluations by Department experts, cannot be found to be a product of bad faith (see, Matter of Galas v Ward, 166 A.D.2d 275). We would add that petitioner's omission of material facts from her employment application provides an independent basis for termination of her probationary employment (see, Matter of Ostoyich v State of New York, 99 A.D.2d 839).

We have considered petitioner's remaining contentions and consider them to be without merit.

Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Carro, Rosenberger, Wallach and Rubin, JJ.


Summaries of

Matter of Lukas v. Brown

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 26, 1992
181 A.D.2d 612 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
Case details for

Matter of Lukas v. Brown

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of MARIE LUKAS, Appellant, v. LEE P. BROWN, as Police…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Mar 26, 1992

Citations

181 A.D.2d 612 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
581 N.Y.S.2d 333

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