Legal Opinion
New York Mutual Underwriters v. Burdick
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 5, 1993PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMikoll, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Travers, J.), entered April 1, 1992 in Rensselaer County, which denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment.
On May 8, 1989, defendant Russell Haley, after spending several hours drinking alcoholic beverages at the Colonial Inn bar and restaurant in Rensselaer County, drove home and fatally shot Shane M. Church. As a result, Haley was ultimately convicted of reckless murder and Church’s parents commenced a wrongful death action against Haley, defendant Helen P. Burdick, one of the owners of the Colonial Inn, and defendant John Davendonis, the…
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