Bernardine v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtDore, J.
Plaintiff maintains this action against the City of New York for damages for personal injuries caused by a runaway police horse which plaintiff stopped on a public highway. The court, at Trial Term without a jury, dismissed the complaint as to defendant the City of New York at the close of the entire case solely on the ground that as a matter of law the 1941 amendment of section 50-b of the General Municipal Law did not extend the statutory waiver of governmental immunity to negligence in the “ operation ” of a city-owned police horse.
Sections 50-a, 50-b and 50-c of the General Municipal Law,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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