"Firefighter's Rule" Bars Cop's Recovery for Injuries Caused by Headquarters Security Barrier (Courtside‪)‬

In a case which could have, in my view, gone either way, the Court of Appeals has held that a police officer injured by the malfunction of an anti-terrorist security barricade at police headquarters may not recover for his injuries because, under the "firefighter's rule" the injury was caused by a risk associated with his job as a cop. "We hold that the 'firefighter rule" which bars common-law negligence recovery by firefighters and police officers for injuries that result from risks associated with their employment, requires dismissal of this case, in which a police officer was injured by the negligent operation of a security device."