Dunlop v. County of Suffolk

In an action to recover damages for wrongful death, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Hudson, J.), dated May 26, 2015, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.

On September 28, 2006, the stepmother of the plaintiff’s decedent (hereinafter the decedent) contacted Adult Protective Services (hereinafter APS), a division of the Suffolk County Department of Social Services, and…