ESTATE OF FINN v. CITY OF N. Y.


76 Misc.2d 388 (1973)

Estate of Joseph P. Finn et al., Respondents, v. City of New York, Appellant.

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department.

December 6, 1973


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Redlich, Corporation Counsel (Stanley Buchsbaum and Edmund B. Hennefeld of counsel), for appellant. Weinstein & Tashman (Sheldon J. Tashman of counsel), for respondents.

FINE, J. P., and LUPIANO, J., concur in Per Curiam opinion; QUINN, J., dissents in memorandum.


Per Curiam.

This is an action by plaintiff to recover damages for psychic injury occasioned by the negligence of the defendant, City of New York, in failing to notify the plaintiff of her husband's death for a period of approximately one week after his demise. The facts delineated in the first paragraph of the dissent are fairly stated. There is no dispute that the deceased was taken via ambulance to the emergency...

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