Torres v. City of New York

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

On this appeal our review is limited to so much of the order of the Appellate Division as affirmed the dismissal of the claim of the City of New York for contribution by Beekman Downtown Hospital. There is no evidence in this record of negligence on the part of the hospital or its employees which the jury might have found was the proximate cause of the injuries suffered by plaintiff.

Taken in the light most favorable to plaintiff (and thus the city) there was proof that in addition to the fact…