Case Name: Thelma D. Davis, Appellant, v. City of New York et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2006-12-12
Citations: 35 A.D.3d 240
Docket Number: 
Parties: Thelma D. Davis, Appellant, v City of New York et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 35
Pages: 240–240

Head Matter:
Thelma D. Davis, Appellant, v City of New York et al., Respondents.
[824 NYS2d 709]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Doris Ling-Cohan, J.), entered October 12, 2005, which granted defendants' motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiffs decedent, a member of the City Council, was fatally shot by an assailant in the Council chambers in 2003. In this action, she alleged inadequate security at City Hall.
As a municipal employee at the Council, the decedent was covered by workers' compensation (Administrative Code of City of NY § 3-204.3; Workers' Compensation Law § 3 [1] [Group 19]). Thus, plaintiff's recovery was limited to the workers' compensation award she has already received (Workers' Compensation Law § 11, 29).
We have considered plaintiffs remaining contentions and find them without merit. Concur—Tom, J.P., Andrias, Marlow, Nardelli and McGuire, JJ. [See 10 Misc 3d 234 (2005).]