Legal Opinion
Helman v. County of Warren
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 20, 1986PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division (111 AD2d 560). Completely absent in this case was any “direct contact between agents of the municipality and the injured party”, upon which a special duty could be predicated (Sorichetti v City of New York, 65 NY2d 461, 469; see also, Yearwood v Town of Brighton, 64 NY2d 667).
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Meyer, Kaye, Alexander, Titone and Hancock, Jr. Taking no part: Judge Simons.
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Yearwood v. Town of BrightonNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Helman v. County of WarrenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
3Cited by29 opinions
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- Tarter v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
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