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Assembly Bill A2783

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Bars recovery for personal injuries incurred by persons committing crimes from the victim or person acting on behalf of the victim

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2015-A2783 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2407
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Add ยง1411-a, CPLR
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3634
2011-2012: A4751, S2528
2013-2014: A2198, S598
2017-2018: A4185, S2668
2019-2020: A814, S1280
2021-2022: S87
2023-2024: S144
2025-2026: S7234

2015-A2783 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Completely bars 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.

2015-A2783 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2783

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS, GUNTHER, MONTESANO, ZEBROWSKI -- 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:

  Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new
section 1411-a to read as follows:
  S  1411-A.  ASSUMPTION OF RISK BY PERSONS CONVICTED OF A CRIME. IN ANY
ACTION TO RECOVER DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY, WHEN SUCH INJURY OCCURRED
WHILE THE CLAIMANT WAS ENGAGED IN THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME OR IMMEDIATE
FLIGHT THEREFROM, THE CLAIMANT SHALL BE COMPLETELY BARRED FROM  RECOVERY
OF ANY DAMAGES FROM THE VICTIM OR ANYONE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE VICTIM,
IF SUCH CLAIMANT WAS CONVICTED OF SUCH CRIME.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to inju-
ries occurring on or after such effective date.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07133-01-5

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