Matott v. Ward

Kane and Herlihy, JJ., dissent

and vote to reverse in the following memorandum by Kane, J. Kane, J. (dissenting). Plaintiff, a Deputy Sheriff of St. Lawrence County, was injured in an automobile accident on March 22, 1973 while operating a patrol car in the Village of Canton responding to an order dispatching him to the scene of an injury at a local school. The siren on his vehicle was turned on and the red light was flashing. He approached *911a group of four vehicles proceeding in the same direction and, after passing two of them, the third vehicle turned left in front of him, causing his right…