Case Name: Robert S. Jensen et al., Respondents, v. Oak Point Assets, LLC, Appellant. (And a Third-Party Action.)
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2002-06-04
Citations: 295 A.D.2d 114
Docket Number: 
Parties: Robert S. Jensen et al., Respondents, v Oak Point Assets, LLC, Appellant. (And a Third-Party Action.)
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 295
Pages: 114–115

Head Matter:
Robert S. Jensen et al., Respondents, v Oak Point Assets, LLC, Appellant. (And a Third-Party Action.)
[742 NYS2d 821]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Louis York, J.), entered November 29, 2001, which, inter alia, denied defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Contrary to defendant's argument, General Obligations Law § 11-106 is applicable here and permits plaintiffs assertion of this type of common-law negligence claim once barred under the "firefighter's rule." In addition, in view of material factual questions as to whether the statutory and code violations alleged against defendant were reasonably or practically connected to plaintiffs harm, the motion court properly denied defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs claim pursuant to General Municipal Law § 205-e (see, Lusenskas v Axelrod, 183 AD2d 244, 247-248, appeal dismissed 81 NY2d 300). Concur—Nardelli, J.P., Sullivan, Ellerin, Lerner and Rubin, JJ.