Benjamin v. Sonus Cold Storage Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion granted and complaint dismissed, in accordance with the following memorandum: "It is a long-standing common-law rule that firefighters injured while extinguishing fires generally cannot recover against the property owners or occupants whose negligence in maintaining the premises occasioned the fires” (Santangelo v State of New York, 71 NY2d 393, 396; see also, Kenavan v City of New York, 70 NY2d 558, 566). "Once a fire starts and the firemen or fire patrolmen arrive on the scene, they assume the usual risks inherent in their work,…
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