Legal Opinion
Doundoulakis v. Town of Hempstead
New York Court of Appeals
Decided September 9, 1977PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Breitel.
Plaintiffs, three separate owners of private homes built on filled sandy soil on the south shore of Long Island, brought separate actions, since consolidated, to recover for property damage. The damage, subsidence of their lands, was allegedly caused by a hydraulic landfilling project conducted by defendants, the Town of Hempstead, its contractor, and its design engineer, on 146 acres of swampy meadowland abutting plaintiffs’ homes.
Supreme Court, after jury trial, awarded plaintiffs Doundoulakis and D’Angelo judgment against the town, but set aside the verdicts and…
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