O'Connell v. Kavanagh
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rubin, J.
This appeal involves the construction of General Municipal Law § 205-a, commonly referred to as the Firefighter’s Law. Specifically at issue is the degree to which the injury sustained by the injured firefighter must be causally related to the statutory violation alleged to have existed. In our view, the court is required to accord the Firefighter’s Law a liberal construction to accomplish its salutary purpose.
Recovery under the statute does not require proximate causation or even a direct connection between the safety violation alleged and the resulting injury…
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