BRUNO v. CODD


90 Misc.2d 1047 (1977)

Carmen Bruno et al., Plaintiffs, v. Michael Codd, as Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

July 5, 1977


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurie Woods, John W. Corwin, Doris Peterson, Marjory D. Fields, Nancy Biberman and John E. Kirklin for plaintiffs. Michael R. Juviler, Michael Colodner and John Eiseman for Family Court Clerks, defendants. W. Bernard Richland, Corporation Counsel (Joseph Halpern, Gabriel Taussig and Harry Shatz of counsel), for Michael Codd and others, defendants.


ABRAHAM J. GELLINOFF, J.

For too long, Anglo-American law treated a man's physical abuse of his wife as different from any other assault, and, indeed, as an acceptable practice (see, Bacon, Baron and Feme, p 9 [2d ed, 1719]; 1 Blackstone's Comm [7th ed, 1775], pp 444-445); In re Cochrane, 8 Dowl Rep 630, 633-634 [1840]; People v Winters, 2 Parker Cr Rep 10 [1823]). If the allegations...

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