Church v. City of New York

—Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), entered July 20, 1998, after bifurcated jury verdicts finding defendant City of New York 100% liable and awarding plaintiff damages, unanimously modified, on the law, the negligence cause of action dismissed, the General Municipal Law § 205-e cause of action remanded for a new trial on liability, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

A police van driven by a civilian operator, in which plaintiff, a police officer, was a passenger, was transporting prisoners from a precinct to Central Booking when it was hit…