Koch v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
POINTS OF COUNSEL I. The Food Pageant jury verdict alone should not preclude litigation of the issue of Con Edison’s culpability. (Gilberg v Barbieri, 53 NY2d 285; Schwartz u Public Administrator, 24 NY2d 65; Read v Sacco, 49 AD2d 471; Berner v British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines, 346 F2d 532, 382 US 983; Parklane Hosiery Co. v Shore, 439 US 322; Hardy v Johns-Mancille Sales Corp., 681 F2d 334; Crawford v Ranger Ins.
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POINTS OF COUNSEL I. The Food Pageant jury verdict alone should not preclude litigation of the issue of Con Edison’s culpability. (Gilberg v Barbieri, 53 NY2d 285; Schwartz u Public Administrator, 24 NY2d 65; Read v Sacco, 49 AD2d 471; Berner v British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines, 346 F2d 532, 382 US 983; Parklane Hosiery Co. v Shore, 439 US 322; Hardy v Johns-Mancille Sales Corp., 681 F2d 334; Crawford v Ranger Ins. Co., 653 F2d 1248; Young v United States, 518 F Supp 921; Grill v United States, 516 F Supp 15, affd sub nom. United States v Solomon, 697 F2d 300; Zdanok v Glidden Co., 327…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jones, J.
The determination made in a prior action that Con Edison was grossly negligent in connection with the 1977 blackout in the City of New York is binding and *553conclusive on Con Edison in this action. Although plaintiffs may recover damages for physical injury to persons and property directly resulting from the service interruption, including damages resulting from looting and vandalism by rioters', they may not recover damages for additional expenditures, occasioned by the blackout, made by plaintiffs in the performance of their governmental functions, nor may they…
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