GURI v. ATLANTA INTL INS. CO.


169 Misc.2d 952 (1996)

646 N.Y.S.2d 781

Zorina Guri, Plaintiff, v. Atlanta International Insurance Company et al., Defendants.

Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County.

August 6, 1996


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herzfeld & Rubin, P. C., New York City, for State Insurance Fund, defendant. Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz & Dicker, New York City (Edward J. O'Gorman of counsel), for Atlanta International Insurance Company, defendant. Elaine D. McKnight, Brooklyn, for plaintiff.


JUDITH J. GISCHE, J.

This motion raises the novel issue about whether a postjudgment agreement assigning a defendant's right to reimbursement from a third-party defendant is void as against the public policy of the Workers' Compensation Law where the original plaintiff and the third-party defendant are employee and employer. The material facts, although complicated, are not in dispute.

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