Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
W. Bernard Richland, Corporation Counsel (Mark D. Lefkowitz and L. Kevin Sheridan of counsel), for appellant in the first above-entitled action.
Robert A. Ross and Alvin Dorfman for respondents in the first above-entitled action.
W. Bernard Richland, Corporation Counsel (Mark D. Lefkowitz and L. Kevin Sheridan of counsel), for appellant in the second above-entitled action.
Emanuel Bloom and Sol Mintz for respondents in the second above-entitled action.
Howard E. Pachman, County Attorney (Patrick A. Sweeney of counsel), for appellant in the third above-entitled action.
Morris Zweibel for respondents in the third above-entitled action.
Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges GABRIELLI, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur; Judge FUCHSBERG concurs in result in a separate opinion; Judge JONES dissents and votes to reverse in another opinion in which Judges JASEN and COOKE concur.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York.
Baker v Sterling
WACHTLER, J.
In 1969 the plaintiff Shirley Baker, then 16 years old, was hit by an automobile and, as a result, lost her right leg and suffered internal injuries. At the time of the accident she was the beneficiary of public assistance and her hospital expenses, totaling $10,579, were paid by the Department of Social Services of the...
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