McLean v. City of New York
2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 2449 (N.Y. 2009) Cited 553 times 3 Legal AnalysesRecognizing shortcomings in conduct of municipal employees that could have prevented harm incurred by plaintiffs, but noting that "this is not the test" for municipal liability
Valdez v. City of New York
2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 7252 (N.Y. 2011) Cited 464 times 1 Legal AnalysesDiscussing the "fundamental obligation of a plaintiff pursuing a negligence cause of action to prove that the putative defendant owed a duty of care"
Lauer v. City of New York
95 N.Y.2d 95 (N.Y. 2000) Cited 544 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that the Medical Examiner's statutory duty to prepare post-autopsy reports and report to the District Attorney benefits "the public at large" and was not enacted for individual benefit
Cuffy v. City of New York
69 N.Y.2d 255 (N.Y. 1987) Cited 711 timesFinding “as a matter of law” that plaintiffs' injuries were not the result of justifiable reliance on assurances of police protection
Pelaez v. Seide
2 N.Y.3d 186 (N.Y. 2004) Cited 314 timesHolding that no affirmative duty was created where a county health inspector promised additional inspections and erroneously told plaintiff she need not test her child for lead exposure immediately
Dinardo v. City of New York
2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 8853 (N.Y. 2009) Cited 104 timesHolding that municipal defendants' “vaguely worded statements” that “something was being done” to have a violent student removed from a classroom were insufficient to “constitute an action that would lull a plaintiff into a false sense of security or otherwise generate justifiable reliance” in action by assaulted teacher
Laratro v. City of New York
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 9661 (N.Y. 2006) Cited 97 times 1 Legal AnalysesFinding no direct contact where plaintiff was unable to communicate by reason of a stroke and rejecting argument that contact with 911 operator by a friend on plaintiff's behalf constituted direct contact
Kircher v. City of Jamestown
74 N.Y.2d 251 (N.Y. 1989) Cited 159 times 1 Legal AnalysesFinding no justifiable reliance where police officer's failure to respond to bystanders' report of kidnapping led to victim's repeated rape and assault, notwithstanding that the officer's assurance of assistance caused bystanders to abandon their efforts to aid the victim and that “plaintiff's failure to rely can be directly attributed to her dire circumstances”
Kovit v. Estate of Hallums
4 N.Y.3d 499 (N.Y. 2005) Cited 77 timesConcluding that the plaintiff failed to establish a special relationship to give rise to municipal liability for the negligent performance of a discretionary act
Dixon v. Valley
50 A.D.3d 943 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008) Cited 21 timesNo. 2007-00914. April 22, 2008. In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for personal injuries and wrongful death, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Sherwood, J.), dated June 13, 2006, as, upon so much of an order of the same court dated April 5, 2006, as granted the motion of the defendants Village of Spring Valley, Spring Valley Police Department, and Peter Russell for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar
Section 600.10 - Format and content of records, appendices and briefs
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 22 § 600.10 Cited 11 times(a) Form and size. (1) Generally; paper and page size. Records, appendices and briefs shall be reproduced by any method that produces a permanent, legible, black on white copy and shall be on a good grade of white, opaque, unglazed recycled paper that satisfies the requirements of subdivision (e) of this section. Paper shall measure vertically 11 inches on the bound edge and horizontally 81/2 inches. The clerk may refuse to accept for filing a paper which is not legible or otherwise does not comply