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Smith v. County of Erie

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Dec 23, 1994
210 A.D.2d 933 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)

Opinion

December 23, 1994

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Erie County, Doyle, J.

Present — Green, J.P., Balio, Wesley, Callahan and Doerr, JJ.


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 N.Y.2d 584, 590; see also, Zanghi v Niagara Frontier Transp. Commn., 203 A.D.2d 960, lv granted 84 N.Y.2d 804; Caruso v Bowman, 207 A.D.2d 956; Cottone v City of New York, 206 A.D.2d 981). As with other police officers injured in the line of duty (see, Cooper v City of New York, supra), plaintiff received salary and health benefits under General Municipal Law § 207-c (see, Connors v Bowles, 63 A.D.2d 956, lv dismissed 45 N.Y.2d 832). Her probationary status does not render the fireman's rule inapplicable.


Summaries of

Smith v. County of Erie

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Dec 23, 1994
210 A.D.2d 933 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)
Case details for

Smith v. County of Erie

Case Details

Full title:CHERYL M. SMITH, Appellant, v. COUNTY OF ERIE et al., Respondents

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Dec 23, 1994

Citations

210 A.D.2d 933 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)
621 N.Y.S.2d 1018

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