Legal Opinion

DeCrescente v. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 10, 2011PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMcCarthy, J.

Defendant Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany and third-party defendant County of Washington (hereinafter the County) entered into an agreement whereby Catholic Charities would provide residential domestic violence services in the County. In October 1998, plaintiff contacted Catholic Charities seeking assistance as a result of domestic abuse by her husband. Defendant Patti Gray Whann1 was the Catholic Charities employee on call that weekend. Whann called plaintiff and learned that plaintiff was afraid of her husband but did not have a safe *1273place to go. Catholic Charities’ shelter…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Cuffy v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. Kircher v. City of JamestownNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
  3. Maheshwari v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
  4. Laratro v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
  5. Mastroianni v. County of SuffolkNew York Court of Appeals · 1997

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  4. Wilkinson v. LewisDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 2018
  5. C.Q. v. Estate of David RockefellerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2021

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