Legal Opinion
Wawrzyniak v. Sherk
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 1, 1991PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion granted and complaint dismissed. Memorandum: Plaintiff, while acting in the course of his employment as a police officer, was injured on May 23, 1983, as he was assisting two fellow officers in effecting the arrest of defendant Ronald Sherk. Plaintiff sustained his injury when Sherk resisted arrest and when, in an attempt to extricate her son from police custody, defendant Madonna Sherk lunged toward the group, causing all of them to fall over a wrought iron railing. Plaintiff commenced this action against Ronald Sherk, his mother…
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