Smith v. County of Erie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Plaintiff, a police recruit, was injured when she stepped in a hole while jogging as part of her training. Because plaintiff was a probationary police officer when injured, her injuries "were related to a particular risk that she had assumed as part of her duties” (Cooper v City of New York, 81 NY2d 584, 590; see also, Zanghi v Niagara Frontier Transp. Commn., 203 AD2d 960, lv granted 84 NY2d 804; Caruso v Bowman, 207 AD2d 956; Cottone v City of New York, 206 AD2d 981). As with other police officers injured in the line of duty (see,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cooper v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- Connors v. BowlesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- Zanghi v. Niagara Frontier Transportation CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Caruso v. BowmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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