Bars completely the recovery of damages from the victim or a person acting on behalf of the victim for personal injury sustained by a person convicted of a crime when such injury occurred during the commission of such crime or while fleeing therefrom.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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814
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, GUNTHER, MONTESANO, ZEBROWSKI, BARNWELL
-- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, GLICK, JOHNS -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to estab-
lishing a complete bar to recovery by persons injured while committing
a crime
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new
2 section 1411-a to read as follows:
3 § 1411-a. Assumption of risk by persons convicted of a crime. In any
4 action to recover damages for personal injury, when such injury occurred
5 while the claimant was engaged in the commission of a crime or immediate
6 flight therefrom, the claimant shall be completely barred from recovery
7 of any damages from the victim or anyone acting on behalf of the victim,
8 if such claimant was convicted of such crime.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to inju-
10 ries occurring on or after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01479-01-9
