N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers’ Benefit Law 19 – Exclusiveness of remedy
§ 19. Exclusiveness of remedy. The benefits provided by this chapter shall be the exclusive remedy of a volunteer ambulance worker, or his spouse, parents, dependents, next of kin, executor or administrator, or anyone otherwise entitled to recover damages, at common law or otherwise, for or on account of an injury to a volunteer ambulance worker in line of duty or death resulting from an injury to a volunteer ambulance worker in line of duty, as against (1) the political subdivision or volunteer ambulance company liable for the payment of such benefits, (2) the political subdivision regularly served by the ambulance company of which the volunteer ambulance worker is a member, whether or not pursuant to a contract for ambulance services, even though any such political subdivision is not liable for the payment of such benefits in the circumstances, and (3) any person or company acting under governmental or statutory authority in furtherance of the duties or activities in relation to which any such injury resulted; provided, however, that the benefits provided by this chapter shall not be the exclusive remedy as against persons who, in the furtherance of the same duties or activities, are not similarly barred from recourse against the volunteer ambulance worker, or his executor or administrator.
Terms Used In N.Y. Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law 19
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC