Betterly v. Estate of Silver

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lottie Wilkins, J.), entered July 9, 1998, which granted defendants’ motion for summary *31judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff, a New York City police officer, brought this action to recover pursuant to General Municipal Law § 205-e and on a common law negligence theory for injuries he sustained in premises owned by defendants when, in the course of his official duties, he fell within an apartment located on defendants’ premises while attempting to apprehend a criminal suspect who was fleeing the premises through a…