Legal Opinion
Zanghi v. Niagara Frontier Transportation Commission
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 30, 1995PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
In Cooper v City of New York (81 NY2d 584), we held that, pursuant to the firefighter rule, police and firefighters may not recover in common-law negligence for line-of-duty injuries resulting from risks associated with the particular dangers inherent in that type of employment. These three appeals require us to determine the scope of this bar to recovery. We conclude that the firefighter rule precludes a police officer or firefighter from recovering in tort when the performance of his or her duties increased the risk of the injury happening, and did not merely…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Cooper v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
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