HAFFNER v. STATE


121 A.D.2d 503 (1986)

Thomas E. Haffner, Respondent, v. State of New York, Respondent

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

June 16, 1986


Interlocutory judgment affirmed, with costs.

The evidence was sufficient to establish that the conduct of the defendant's employees, in failing to render timely aid to the claimant, who was swimming in the ocean at Jones Beach, was a substantial causative factor in the sequence of events leading to his lung injuries (see, Restatement [Second] of Torts § 430; Prosser and Keeton, Torts § 42, at 272-280 [5th ed]; Nallan v Helmsley-Spear, Inc....

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