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MERCADO v. VEGA

77 N.Y.2d 918 (1991)

Hiram Mercado, Jr., Respondent, v. Reinaldo Vega, Respondent, and City of New York, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 2, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor A. Kovner, Corporation Counsel (Patrick L. Taylor and Pamela Seider Dolgow of counsel), for appellant.

Steven DiJoseph and Harry H. Lipsig for Hiram Mercado, Jr., respondent.

Lorraine Golino for Reinaldo Vega, respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur in memorandum.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs to abide the event, and a new trial granted.

Defendant New York City, by this Court's grant of leave, appeals from an order affirming a money judgment in favor of plaintiff. Plaintiff was a passenger in a civilian vehicle which crashed in The Bronx after a high-speed police chase. Plaintiff's driver was killed and plaintiff was seriously...

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