FERRES v. NEW ROCHELLE


68 N.Y.2d 446 (1986)

Dean Ferres et al., Respondents, v. City of New Rochelle, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jules J. Ravo for appellant.

William H. Bave, Jr., for respondents.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Michael S. Buskus, O. Peter Sherwood and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for the State of New York, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER and TITONE concur.


HANCOCK, JR., J.

Plaintiff1 rode his bicycle into a chain strung across Hudson Park Road at the entrance of a municipal park in the City of New Rochelle, supervised by its Department of Recreation. He has recovered a jury verdict against the city for his injuries, based on its negligence in the act of placing the chain and in failing to give adequate warnings of the hazardous condition...

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