Legal Opinion
Nowlin v. City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 30, 1993PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
Shortly before dawn during August 1983, defendant Andre Robertson, while driving on the Henry Hudson Parkway near 72nd Street in the City of New York, failed to negotiate a curve and drove his car into two highway barriers. The car flipped over, rendering plaintiff, a passenger in the car, a paraplegic.
Plaintiff brought this action against Robertson and the City alleging that Robertson negligently operated the car and the City negligently failed to post proper warning signs. The City resisted liability on several grounds, among them that responsibility for…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Derdiarian v. Felix Contracting Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
- H. R. Moch Co. v. Rensselaer Water Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Weiss v. FoteNew York Court of Appeals · 1960
- Thompson v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- Wolf v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
3Cited by40 opinions
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- Cracas v. ZiskoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Fulgum v. Town of CortlandtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
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