Schembri v. City of New York

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the *723Supreme Court, Kings County (Steinhardt, J.), dated February 16, 1996, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The firefighter’s rule bars a police officer or firefighter from asserting a cause of action to recover damages for personal injuries based on common-law negligence "where the performance of the police officer’s or firefighter’s duties increased the risk of the injury happening, and did not merely furnish the…