Legal Opinion
Michaels v. City of Buffalo
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 8, 1995PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Levine, J.
On January 12, 1986, an ambulance was called to assist plaintiff’s decedent, John Michaels, who was having trouble breathing. After he was attended to, he was placed inside the ambulance. Unfortunately, the ambulance could not be restarted. A new ambulance was summoned and arrived on the scene minutes later. Decedent was then transported by the second ambulance to a hospital where he died about 20 minutes later.
Decedent’s estate brought suit alleging, among other things, that the failure of the first ambulance to start was due to negligent maintenance of the…
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