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DOUNDOULAKIS v. TN OF HEMPSTEAD

42 N.Y.2d 440 (1977)

Helias Doundoulakis et al., Respondents, v. Town of Hempstead et al., Appellants-Respondents, and A. James De Bruin, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided September 9, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Zweibel, Harold V. McCoy and Kathleen M. Beckett for Town of Hempstead, appellant.

Joseph A. Bergadano, Vincent J. Zichello and Franklin A. Bonin for A. James De Bruin, appellant.

Richard Bakalor for Gahagan Dredging Corporation, appellant.

Richard Bakalor for Gahagan Dredging Corporation, respondent.

Morris Zweibel, Harold V. McCoy and Kathleen Beckett for Town of Hempstead, respondent.

William J. Steinbrecher for respondents.

Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.

Chief Judge BREITEL.

Plaintiffs, three separate owners of private homes built on filled sandy soil on the south shore of Long Island, brought separate actions, since consolidated, to recover for property damage. The damage, subsidence of their lands, was allegedly caused by a hydraulic landfilling project conducted by defendants, the Town of Hempstead, its contractor, and its design engineer, on 146 acres of...

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