Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2000

Mark B. v. County of Onondaga

Mark B. v. County of Onondaga
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 16, 2000
273 A.D.2d 834; 710 N.Y.S.2d 268; 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6711
Mark B. v. County of Onondaga

Opinion of the Court

—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted defendant’s motion seeking dismissal of the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a). The allegation that defendant intentionally ignored a known hazard does not bring the case within the “intentional injury” exception to the exclusivity provision of the Workers’ Compensation Law (see, Workers’ Compensation Law § 11; Acevedo v Consolidated Edison Co., 189 AD2d 497, 500-501, lv dismissed 82 NY2d 748; Briggs v Pymm Thermometer Corp., 147 AD2d 433, 435; Ferrara v American ACMI, 122 AD2d 930, 931; Finch v Swingly, 42 AD2d 1035; see also, Patterson v Salvation Army, 203 AD2d 87, 88). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Onondaga County, Elliott, J.— Dismiss Pleading.) Present — Pine, J. P., Wisner, Hurlbutt and Scudder, JJ.

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