Legal Opinion
Claim of Ruppert v. Plattdeutsche Volksfest Verein
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 18, 1934PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The decedent was employed as a special policeman at a picnic grounds on Long Island. Some drunk and disorderly patrons caused a disturbance there and after a scuffle left in an automobile. The decedent pursued them in a taxicab and was killed while attempting to force their car to halt.
The decedent’s employment was for the purpose of protecting the picnic grounds and those who used the grounds. Arrest of disturbers of the peace was within the general scope of the decedent’s employment. The evidence is sufficient to sustain an inference that the pursuit by the decedent was for the purpose of…
2Cited by17 opinions
- Purvis ex rel. Liles v. Faulkner Neon & Electric Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
- Claim of Pfeffer v. Parkside Caterers, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1934
- Johnson v. PhaefflinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1949
- Matter of Bergman v. Buffalo Dry Dock Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1935
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