Legal Opinion
Sandusky v. McCummings
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 16, 1995Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Stephen G. Crane, J.
This case is not about the wisdom of a result that permits a perpetrator of a felony to receive compensation for a grievous injury that he sustained in fleeing from a vicious crime he had *701just committed. This has already been decided by our highest Court (McCummings v New York City Tr. Auth., 81 NY2d 923). Neither is it a case of preventing the crime victim from recovering from the later convicted perpetrator for the victim’s losses and injuries.
Defendant, Bernard McCummings, moves for an order: pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7), dismissing the complaint1…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- People v. DekleNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Nestor v. McDowellNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- McCummings v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
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