Legal Opinion
Santangelo v. State of NY
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 22, 1988PublishedCited by 154 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
Police officers injured while attempting to subdue an escaped mental patient cannot, in general, recover damages against the State for negligence in connection with the patient’s escape.
Claimants — Suffolk County Police Officers Joseph Santangelo and Fred Kirschenheiter — were injured on July 15, 1979 when they attempted to apprehend Brian Bordes, an escaped mental patient, and return him to Kings Park Psychiatric Center.
Bordes had a history of confinement and escape from Kings Park. Several times Bordes was delivered there by Suffolk County police officers, most…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Pottebaum v. HindsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
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3Cited by154 opinions
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