High Court Says Injured Police Officer Can Sue City in Tort for On-Duty Injury

New York's highest court upheld the ability of a police officer, who suffered injuries while loading barricades onto a flatbed truck, to sue her employer in tort pursuant to General Municipal Law Section 205-e. Case: Gammons v. City of New York, No. 220, 12/18/2014, published. Facts: Allison Gammons, a New York City police officer, injured herself in September 2008 when she fell from the bed of a city-owned truck while working with her fellow officers to load some police barricades onto it.  Procedural History: She sued the city for common-law negligence and for violation of Se...