Legal Opinion
Cooper v. City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 15, 1993PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Hancock, Jr., J.
Plaintiff, a police officer, was injured when the police vehicle in which she was riding as a "recorder” struck another vehicle in responding to an "officer in need of assistance emergency call”. The decisive issue presented in plaintiff’s appeal is whether the Appellate Division properly reversed the judgment against the City after a jury verdict and dismissed the complaint under Santangelo v State of New York (71 NY2d 393) which holds that police officers like firefighters generally cannot recover for injuries resulting from the special risks inherent in…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Gordon v. American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Weiss v. FoteNew York Court of Appeals · 1960
- Haddock v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Santangelo v. State of NYNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- Kenavan v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
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3Cited by71 opinions
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- Desmond v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- Allison Gammons v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 2014
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