Legal Opinion
O'Connor v. City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 1983PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Cooke.
This appeal presents the question whether a municipality may be held liable for its inspector’s failure to discover a leak in a gas system that ultimately caused an explosion. Inasmuch as there was no special relationship between the injured parties and the municipality, the municipality may not be held liable to plaintiffs for damages resulting from the explosion. The order of the Appellate Division, therefore, should be reversed and the complaint should be dismissed as against the City of New York.
On the afternoon of December 11, 1970, a gas explosion…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- H. R. Moch Co. v. Rensselaer Water Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Riss v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- Steitz v. City of BeaconNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
- Motyka v. City of AmsterdamNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
- Smullen v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
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3Cited by131 opinions
- De Long v. County of ErieNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Trianon Park Condominium v. City of HialeahSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
- Lauer v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
- Pelaez v. SeideNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
- Kircher v. City of JamestownNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
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