AUSTIN v. CITY OF BUFFALO


179 A.D.2d 1075 (1992)

Margaret Austin, Individually and as Administratrix of The Estate of Michael Austin, Deceased, Respondent, v. City of Buffalo et al., Appellants Jean Catanzaro, Individually and as Administratrix of The Estate of Michael G. Catanzaro, Deceased, Respondent, v. City of Buffalo et al., Appellants Mary L. Colpoys, Individually and as Executrix of Matthew E. Colpoys, Sr., Deceased, Respondent, v. City of Buffalo et al., Appellants. (Appeal No. 1.)

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

January 31, 1992


Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs, in accordance with the following Memorandum: This appeal and the companion appeals arise from a tragic incident in the City of Buffalo that resulted in the injury or death of a number of firefighters. The firefighters responded to a call that propane gas was escaping from a tank at a warehouse in the City. Before they entered the building, the propane gas exploded, killing or injuring fifteen of...

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