N.Y. Empl'rs Liab. Law § 8 Consent By Employer and Employee to Compensation Plan

• Library: New York Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 2023 NY Law Chapter 777
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.Y. Empl'rs Liab. Law § 8

When and if any employer in this state and any of his employees shall consent to the compensation plan described in sections nine to fifteen, inclusive, of this article, hereinafter referred to as the plan, and shall signify their consent thereto in writing, signed by each of them or their authorized agents, and acknowledged in the manner prescribed by law for taking the acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property, and such writing is filed with the county clerk of the county in which it is signed by the employee, then so long as such consent has not expired or been canceled as hereinafter provided, such employee, or in case injury to him results in death, his executor or administrator, shall have no other right of action against the employer for personal injury or death of any kind, under any statute or at common law, save under the plan so consented to, except where personal injury to the employee is caused in whole or in part by the failure of the employer to obey a valid order made by the industrial commission or other public authority authorized to require the employer to safeguard his employees, or where such injury is caused by th...