Case Name: Roger Vercruysse, Respondent, v. Louis Alati, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1980-11-13
Citations: 78 A.D.2d 1015
Docket Number: 
Parties: Roger Vercruysse, Respondent, v Louis Alati, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 78
Pages: 1015–1015

Head Matter:
Roger Vercruysse, Respondent, v Louis Alati, Appellant.

Opinion:
Order unanimously affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: The exclusive remedy provisions of subdivision 6 of section 29 of the Workers' Compensation Law do not bar an employee who has accepted workers' compensation benefits from bringing a common-law cause of action against a coemployee who has committed an intentional assault upon him (Maines v Cronomer Val. Fire Dept., 50 NY2d 535; Mazarredo v Levine, 274 App Div 122; cf. Smith v State of New York, 72 AD2d 937). (Appeal from order of Monroe Supreme Court — dismiss complaint.) Present — Simons, J. P., Hancock, Jr., Callahan, Doerr and Moule, JJ.