Ruotolo v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kupferman, J.
There is a long-standing common-law rule that firefighters who are injured while fighting a fire cannot recover against a property owner or occupant whose negligence in maintaining *162the premises caused such injuries. Over the years, this so-called "fireman’s rule” has been premised on various grounds, including the firefighters’ status as licensees, their assumption of the risks entailed in fighting fires and, most recently, public policy.
In 1935, the Legislature, in an effort to ameliorate this rule, enacted General Municipal Law § 205-a, which provided a…
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