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S01280 Summary:

BILL NO	S01280
SAME AS	SAME AS A00814
SPONSOR	GIANARIS
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §1411-a, CPLR
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.

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S01280 Actions:

BILL NO	S01280
01/14/2019	REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
01/08/2020	REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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S01280 Committee Votes:

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S01280 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1280
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 14, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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

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