KASON v. CITY OF NEW YORK


83 Misc.2d 810 (1975)

Victor Kason, Plaintiff, v. City of New York, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff. Consolidated Mutual Insurance Co., Third-Party Defendant.

Supreme Court, Trial Term, New York County.

September 4, 1975


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Bernard Richland, Corporation Counsel, for defendant. B. Gelerman for third-party defendant.


LEONARD N. COHEN, J.

This trial pinpoints the inefficiency of a specialized and fragmented bureaucracy — our municipal government — when faced with deviation from customary practice. The city is a self-insurer with few exceptions. This was one of them. The result was incapacity to adjust to the exception.

In a trial of a severed third-party action by the city, impleading the insurer as third-party defendant, alleging insurance coverage...

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