Legal Opinion
Tarnaras v. County of Nassau
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 2, 1999PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant County of Nassau appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Davis, J.), dated April 29, 1998, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Contrary to the defendant’s contentions, the Supreme Court correctly denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. The law is well settled that for a municipal agency to be held liable in tort for injuries inflicted by third parties resulting from the failure to provide…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cuffy v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- Mastroianni v. County of SuffolkNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- Edwards v. City of Mount VernonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
3Cited by7 opinions
- Tarnaras v. Farmingdale School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Etienne v. New York City Police DepartmentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Conde v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- Hanna v. St. Lawrence CountyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Taebi v. Suffolk County Police DepartmentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
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