Fredericks v. City of Elmira

*912Plaintiff Gary J. Fredericks (hereinafter plaintiff), who was injured while providing assistance to two members of defendant’s Police Department, contends that Supreme Court erred in dismissing his cause of action to recover damages based upon General Municipal Law § 71-a,* which imposes absolute liability on a municipality for damages arising from the personal injury or death of persons killed or injured while aiding police officers at their direction in making arrests (see, Schuster v City of New York, 5 NY2d 75, 84 [explaining the effect of former Penal Law § 1848, which is the predecessor…