7 Cited authorities

  1. Saarinen v. Kerr

    84 N.Y.2d 494 (N.Y. 1994)   Cited 405 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a standard of "reckless disregard for the safety of others" required evidence that defendant had engaged in conduct "of an unreasonable character in disregard of a known or obvious risk that was so great as to make it highly probable that harm would follow and ha[d] done so with conscious indifference to the outcome"
  2. Badalamenti v. City of New York

    30 A.D.3d 452 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)   Cited 36 times

    2005-01492. June 13, 2006. In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Mega, J.), dated January 24, 2005, which granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. DiJoseph Portegello, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Arnold E. DiJoseph III, and Norman I. Lida of counsel), for appellant. Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. (Stephen J. McGrath and Ellen Ravitch of counsel), for

  3. Johnson v. Lutz

    253 N.Y. 124 (N.Y. 1930)   Cited 345 times
    Holding that a police officer's report memorializing statements made by bystanders without personal knowledge of the facts was properly excluded from trial under a newly enacted state statute
  4. Quintana v. Wallace

    95 A.D.3d 1287 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)   Cited 21 times

    2012-05-30 Luis QUINTANA, respondent, v. Maurice WALLACE, et al., defendants, County of Suffolk, appellant. Dennis M. Cohen, County Attorney, Hauppauge, N.Y. (Diana T. Bishop of counsel), for appellant. Sarisohn, Sarisohn, Carner, LeBow and DeVita (Lisa M. Comeau, Garden City, N.Y., of counsel), for respondent. PETER B. SKELOS Dennis M. Cohen, County Attorney, Hauppauge, N.Y. (Diana T. Bishop of counsel), for appellant. Sarisohn, Sarisohn, Carner, LeBow and DeVita (Lisa M. Comeau, Garden City, N

  5. Salzano v. Korba

    296 A.D.2d 393 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)   Cited 23 times

    2002-01704 Submitted May 16, 2002 July 1, 2002. In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County (McGuirk, J.), dated January 14, 2002, which granted the plaintiff's motion to renew the defendants' motion for summary judgment, which had been granted in a prior order of the same court, dated July 9, 2001, and, upon renewal, vacated the order dated July 9, 2001, and denied the defendants' motion for summary judgment. Monte

  6. Kalus v. Prime Care Physicians, P.C

    20 A.D.3d 452 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)   Cited 11 times

    2004-11323. July 11, 2005. In an action to recover damages for breach of an employment agreement, the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Sproat, J.), dated November 19, 2004, as denied that branch of their motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and granted the plaintiff's cross motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability. Boies, Schiller Flexner, LLP, Albany, N.Y. (George F. Carpinello and

  7. O'Connor v. City

    280 A.D.2d 309 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)   Cited 14 times
    Affirming the jury's finding of recklessness where the plaintiff's fellow police officer approached an intersection at high speed against the flow of traffic without giving any type of warning