Legal Opinion
Philip Bloom v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 7, 1974PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarold Baer, J.
This is a motion for an order dismissing the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (subd. [a], par. 7) on the grounds that the complaint fails to state a cause of action.
This is an action brought on behalf of numerous store owners whose premises were vandalized and destroyed during the civil disturbances which occurred in the spring of 1968. The motion to dismiss is predicated on the settled proposition that absent statutory authority no action of common law lies against a municipality for property damage sustained by an individual by reason of mob violence or riots (Finkelstein v. City of New *1078York,…
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