N.Y. Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law § 19: Exclusiveness of remedy

§ 19. Exclusiveness of remedy. The benefits provided by this chapter

shall be the exclusive remedy of a volunteer firefighter, or his or her

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 firefighter in

line of duty or death resulting from an injury to a volunteer

firefighter in line of duty, as against (1) the political subdivision

liable for the payment of such benefits, (2) the political subdivision

regularly served by the fire company of which the volunteer firefighter

is a member, whether or not pursuant to a contract for fire protection,

even though any such political subdivision is not liable for the payment

of such benefits in the circumstances, and (3) any person or agency

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 firefighter, or his or her executor or

administrator.