S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7172 I N S E N A T E April 22, 1998 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANTIAGO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the recovery of damages The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- ______________________________________________________________________ bly, do enact as follows: _________________________ 1 Section 1. Section 1411 of the civil practice law and rules, as added 2 by chapter 69 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows: 3  1411. Damages recoverable when contributory negligence or assumption 4 of risk is established. (a) In any action to recover damages for ___ 5 personal injury, injury to property, or wrongful death, the culpable 6 conduct attributable to the claimant or to the decedent, including 7 contributory negligence or assumption of risk, shall not bar recovery, 8 but the amount of damages otherwise recoverable shall be diminished in 9 the proportion which the culpable conduct attributable to the claimant 10 or decedent bears to the culpable conduct which caused the damages. 11 (b) In any action to recover damages for personal injury, injury to ______________________________________________________________________ 12 property, or wrongful death, arising out of the voluntary participation ________________________________________________________________________ 13 in competitive athletics, the culpable conduct attributable to the ________________________________________________________________________ 14 claimant or to the decedent, including contributory negligence or ________________________________________________________________________ 15 assumption of risk, shall not bar recovery, but the amount of damages ________________________________________________________________________ 16 otherwise recoverable shall be diminished in the proportion which the ________________________________________________________________________ 17 culpable conduct attributable to the claimant or decedent bears to the ________________________________________________________________________ 18 culpable conduct which caused the damages. __________________________________________ 19 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action to recover ______________________________________________________________________ 20 damages for personal injury, property damage or wrongful death arising ________________________________________________________________________ 21 out of the voluntary participation in competitive athletics which was ________________________________________________________________________ 22 otherwise commenced in a timely manner and which was dismissed because ________________________________________________________________________ 23 subdivision (b) of this section was not in effect is hereby revived and ________________________________________________________________________ 24 an action may be commenced within two years of the effective date of ________________________________________________________________________ 25 this subdivision. _________________ 26  2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any 27 actions commenced on or after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets _______ [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14214-02-8