McGOVERN v. CITY OF NEW YORK


294 A.D.2d 148 (2002)

742 N.Y.S.2d 218

JOSEPH G. McGOVERN, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent, et al., Defendant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided May 9, 2002.


Plaintiff is a New York City firefighter who allegedly was injured while fighting a fire in an apartment on Mott Street on July 5, 1990. At the time, he was wearing protective gear, which he had purchased at the Fire Department Equipment Supply Store, consisting of a knee-length turnout coat, a helmet, gloves and rubber boots that rose to approximately three inches above his knee. The conditions of the fire required the firefighters to enter the apartment crawling. As the...

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