Burns v. City of New York

The plaintiff sued the City of New York and Cornelius Flynn for false arrest, negligence and assault and battery claiming punitive damages against the individual defendant. In the course of the trial decision was reserved on the city’s motions to dismiss as to it at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence and after all the evidence. A verdict was directed against Flynn for the false arrest and the assault and battery. The case was submitted to the jury for its separate verdicts as to the negligence of both defendants and on the other counts as to the city. Alternate forms of verdicts for…