Legal Opinion
Adams v. County of Rensselaer
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 22, 1985PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as appealed from, should be reversed, with costs, and the certified question answered in the affirmative.
The first cause of action in negligence against the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Department for allowing a pool of liquid to collect on the floor of the Rensselaer County Jail is time-barred by CPLR 215 (1), which provides a one-year period of limitation during which to bring an action against a Sheriff. The liability to which this short limitation period applies is coextensive with the liability against which a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dixon v. SeymourAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
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