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p. 1015Roger Vercruysse, Respondent, v Louis Alati, Appellant.
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.
Cases cited
- Maines v. Cronomer Valley Fire Dept., Inc. 50 NY2d 535 p. 1015
- Smith v. State 72 AD2d 937 p. 1015