Legal Opinion
Holt v. County of Tioga
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 15, 1982PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jasen, J.
The issue raised by this appeal is whether a local law which makes prior written notification of a dangerous condition or defect a condition precedent to maintaining a suit against the county conflicts with the general State law which imposes liability on the county for injuries caused by unsafe or improperly maintained highways so that it must be declared unconstitutional.
Plaintiff Leona Holt brought this action against the County of Tioga to recover actual and punitivé damages for injuries she sustained in a one-vehicle accident on a county-owned highway. In her…
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- Fullerton v. City of SchenectadyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1955
- Fullerton v. City of SchenectadySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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