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RILEY v. COUNTY OF BROOME

95 N.Y.2d 455 (2000)

742 N.E.2d 98

719 N.Y.S.2d 623

BETTY A. RILEY et al., Appellants, v. COUNTY OF BROOME et al., Respondents. JOHN P. WILSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 21, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Cannavino, Endicott, for appellants in the first above-entitled action.

William L. Gibson, Jr., County Attorney of Broome County, Binghamton (Robert G. Behnke of counsel), for respondents in the first above-entitled action.

Lockwood & Golden, Utica (Lawrence W. Golden and B. Brooks Benson of counsel), for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, Albany (Robert M. Goldfarb, Preeta D. Bansal, Daniel Smirlock and Peter G. Crary of counsel), for respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Judges SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK, WESLEY and ROSENBLATT concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge KAYE.

These appeals call upon us to do what increasingly is asked of courts in this age of statutes: interpret the words of a legislative enactment which the contesting parties construe differently. In particular, we are asked whether Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1103 (b) exempts statutorily defined "hazard vehicles" engaged in highway work from the "rules of the road,"...

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