PARVI v. CITY OF KINGSTON


41 N.Y.2d 553 (1977)

Donald C. Parvi, Appellant, v. City of Kingston, Respondent, et al., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Barnovitz, Kingston, for appellant.

Francis X. Tucker and Vernon Murphy, Kingston, for respondent.

Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and COOKE concur with Judge FUCHSBERG; Chief Judge BREITEL dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion in which Judge JASEN concurs.


FUCHSBERG, J.

This appeal brings up for review the dismissal, at the end of the plaintiff's case, of two causes of action, both of which arise out of the same somewhat unusual train of events. One is for false imprisonment and the other for negligence. The judgment of dismissal was affirmed by the Appellate Division by a vote of three to two. The issue before us, as to each count, is whether a prima facie case...

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