Legal Opinion
Pearson v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 22, 2010PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1161In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for wrongful death, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Miller, J.), dated February 26, 2009, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Three police officers shot at and killed the plaintiffs decedent. The plaintiff commenced the instant action, inter alia, to recover damages for wrongful death, assault and battery, violation of 42 USC § 1983, and negligence. The plaintiff alleged that the decedent was shot several times by the police…
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