Legal Opinion
Flamer v. City of Yonkers
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 8, 1955PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDye, J.
This is an action for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s intestate, Thomas Franklin Wilson, who was shot and killed by a member of the Yonkers police force under circumstances allegedly requiring the City of Yonkers and the two police officers involved to respond in damages.
The complaint sets forth three causes of action, the first for negligence, the second for assault and a third against the city alone which was not prosecuted, for having knowingly and negligently employed unreliable police officers.
The defendants joined issue by filing an answer denying generally all three causes of action…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Meiselman v. Crown Heights Hospital, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Sadowski v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1944
- Kraus v. . BirnbaumNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Cohen v. Consolidated Gas Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- Cohen v. . Consolidated Gas Company of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Stephen J. Harbulak v. County of SuffolkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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