The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. In our view, the cause of action which accrues to the city under section 207-c of the General Municipal Law is derived from its injured employee's cause of action in negligence against the person causing such injury.
Section 207-c merely gives the city a direct remedy against the person liable to the employee in negligence. It does not create a new...
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