Rosa v. Dunkin' Donuts of Passaic

In this case, the Court denies recovery for personal injuries sustained by a police officer as a result of a fall caused by foreign substances on the floor of a commercial establishment. The police officer, coming to the establishment in response to an emergency, is not permitted to sue its negligent owner, even though the owner’s negligence in this case had nothing whatsoever to do with the emergency that brought the officer to the premises.

*78We have heretofore acknowledged such an immunity — the “fireman’s rule” — only with respect to injuries arising out of acts of ordinary negligence that…