Sharapata v. Town of Islip
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*351OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J. P.
The primary question on appeal is whether the State of New York and its political subdivisions such as the defendant town, may ever be subject to punitive damages. Subsumed in such question (assuming the answer to it is in the affirmative), is whether the new matter alleged in plaintiffs’ proposed amended complaint sets forth facts upon which punitive damages may be awarded against the defendant municipality.
FACTS
At approximately noon on July 27,1976, the infant plaintiff, Richard Sharapata, 12 years of age at the time, was' playing in a neighborhood park…
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