HADDOCK v. CITY OF NEW YORK


75 N.Y.2d 478 (1990)

Yvonne Haddock, Respondent, v. City of New York, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor A. Kovner, Corporation Counsel (June A. Witterschein and Leonard Koerner of counsel), for appellant.

Joseph Kelner for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


KAYE, J.

This appeal, centering on the rape of a nine-year-old child in a New York City playground by a Parks Department employee with a history of violent crime, poses a modern-day dilemma: assuring the public safety as well as the rehabilitation of former felons to constructive lives within society. In this case we conclude that the City was properly held liable for the child's injuries, and therefore affirm...

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