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ALTHOUGH THE PEDESTRIAN-CAR ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON A ROAD OWNED BY DEFENDANT’S AND PLAINTIFF’S EMPLOYER AS DEFENDANT WAS LEAVING WORK, THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, PLAINTIFF IS NOT RESTRICTED TO A WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW REMEDY (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined that plaintiff was not restricted to a Worker’s Compensation Law remedy in this pedestrian-car accident case. Both plaintiff and defendant were employed by the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). The accident occurred on a private CIA road as defendant was leaving work. The Third Department determined the accident was not related to defendant’s work:

The parties’ submissions reveal that the accident occurred on Campus Drive, which plaintiff described as a ring road encircling the campus — a description consistent with the campus map submitted by defendant. Defendant essentially maintains that because Campus Drive is a private road maintained by the CIA, he necessarily was acting within the scope of his employment when the accident took place. There is support for the premise that going to or from work while on the employer’s premises is considered an incident of the employment … . By comparison, accidents occurring on a public street outside working hours are generally not considered to arise out of the employment absent some nexus between the access route and the employer’s premises… .

Even accepting that Campus Drive is a private road, the submissions demonstrate that the CIA encourages the public to frequent the restaurants on campus and it opened up Campus Drive for general use by the public. There is nothing in this record indicating that the accident was precipitated by any special hazard or incident related to defendant’s employment. To the contrary, the accident allegedly occurred when defendant slowed down but did not stop as plaintiff was in the crosswalk. Such an accident is a common risk shared by the general public traveling on Campus Drive… . We conclude that defendant’s workday ended when he left the parking lot to drive home and, thus, as a matter of law, defendant was not acting within the scope of his employment at the time of the accident. Siegel v Garibaldi, 2018 NY Slip Op 01239, Third Dept 2-22-18

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW (ALTHOUGH THE PEDESTRIAN-CAR ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON A ROAD OWNED BY DEFENDANT’S AND PLAINTIFF’S EMPLOYER AS DEFENDANT WAS LEAVING WORK, THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, PLAINTIFF IS NOT RESTRICTED TO A WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW REMEDY (THIRD DEPT))/TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS (WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW, ALTHOUGH THE PEDESTRIAN-CAR ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON A ROAD OWNED BY DEFENDANT’S AND PLAINTIFF’S EMPLOYER AS DEFENDANT WAS LEAVING WORK, THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, PLAINTIFF IS NOT RESTRICTED TO A WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW REMEDY (THIRD DEPT))/NEGLIGENCE (WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW, ALTHOUGH THE PEDESTRIAN-CAR ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON A ROAD OWNED BY DEFENDANT’S AND PLAINTIFF’S EMPLOYER AS DEFENDANT WAS LEAVING WORK, THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, PLAINTIFF IS NOT RESTRICTED TO A WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW REMEDY (THIRD DEPT))/EMPLOYMENT LAW (WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW, ALTHOUGH THE PEDESTRIAN-CAR ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON A ROAD OWNED BY DEFENDANT’S AND PLAINTIFF’S EMPLOYER AS DEFENDANT WAS LEAVING WORK, THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, PLAINTIFF IS NOT RESTRICTED TO A WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW REMEDY (THIRD DEPT))

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