Hurley v. State of Connecticut

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Molloy, J.), dated August 16, 1994, which denied its motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground, inter alia, that it fails to state a cause of action under General Municipal Law § 205-e.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint is granted.

On December 14, 1987, the plaintiff, a New York City Transit Police Officer, was injured in the line of duty while attempting to apprehend a patient who had…