Galapo v. City of New York

95 N.Y.2d 568 (2000)

744 N.E.2d 685

721 N.Y.S.2d 857

HELEN L. GALAPO, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of JOE GALAPO, et al., Appellants,

v.

CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Argued October 19, 2000.

Decided November 30, 2000.

Kramer, Dillof, Tessel, Duffy & Moore, New York City (Matthew Gaier, Norman Bard and Thomas A. Moore of counsel), for appellants.

Michael D. Hess, Corporation Counsel of New York City (Barry P. Schwartz, Leonard Koerner, Janet L. Zaleon and Christian Siragusa of counsel), for respondents.

Queller, Fisher, Dienst,…