GIAGHEDDU v. TOWN OF COLONIE


75 A.D.2d 198 (1980)

Thomas Giagheddu et al., Respondents-Appellants, et al., Plaintiff, v. Town of Colonie, Appellant-Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

June 26, 1980


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter, Conboy, Bardwell, Case & Blackmore (Dennis A. First of counsel), for appellant-respondent.

Robert E. Harris for Thomas Giagheddu, respondent-appellant.

William A. Sekellick for Edward P. Unser, Jr., respondent-appellant.

GREENBLOTT, J. P., MAIN, MIKOLL and CASEY, JJ., concur.


HERLIHY, J.

This appeal involves causes of action for property damage (real and personal) and malicious prosecution stemming from a drug raid by police on a one-family residence in the Town of Colonie (Town).

A brief summary of the facts discloses that in the early morning of March 17, 1972, the State and Colonie Police, working in unison, under and by virtue of a search warrant, broke into a residence...

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