HYDE v. COUNTY OF RENSSELAER


51 N.Y.2d 927 (1980)

Burlton T. Hyde, by Helen M. Hyde, His Parent and Natural Guardian, et al., Respondents, v. County of Rensselaer, Appellant, and Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., Respondent, et al., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 13, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Conboy and Dennis A. First for appellant.

Carroll J. Mealey, Robert H. Iseman and Michael T. Wallender for plaintiffs-respondents.

Arthur L. Rosen and E. Stewart Jones for defendant-respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff, who was seriously injured in an automobile accident, alleges, among other things, that the cause of his injuries was the negligence of the county in that it allowed rotten delineator posts to become covered with foliage and hidden from view along the highway. There was testimony from...

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