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.,
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