Thomas v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Doris Ling-Cohan, J.), entered April 14, 2003, which, in an action for wrongful death, granted the motion of defendants-respondents Police Department and City of New York for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against them, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff alleges that defendant Police Department should have known that the police officer who shot and killed her decedent was psychologically disturbed and unfit to carry firearms. It appears that some 4/2 years before this killing, the officer was placed on restricted duty, after…