2006 New York Code - Culpable Conduct; Contribution.

 
    §   12-108.  Culpable  conduct;  contribution.  1.  An  action  by  an
  individual drug user shall be governed  by  the  provisions  of  article
  fourteen-A  of  the  civil practice law and rules. An action by a person
  other than an  individual  drug  user  shall  not  be  governed  by  the
  provisions of article fourteen-A of the civil practice law and rules.
    2.  The  defendant  shall  bear  the burden of proving the comparative
  culpable conduct of the plaintiff.
    3. Comparative culpable conduct shall not be attributed to a plaintiff
  who is not an individual drug user.
    4. A person subject to liability under this article shall have a right
  of action for contribution against another person subject  to  liability
  under  this  article  pursuant to article fourteen of the civil practice
  law and rules. A plaintiff may seek recovery  in  accordance  with  this
  article and any other appropriate provision of law from a person against
  whom a defendant has asserted a right of contribution.