HINCHLIFFE v. ORANGE & ROCKLAND UTILS. CO., INC.


216 A.D.2d 528 (1995)

628 N.Y.S.2d 806

Winifred Hinchliffe, Appellant, v. Orange and Rockland Utilities Co., Incorporated, Respondent

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

June 26, 1995


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The decedent died when the snowmobile he was operating broke through thin ice on the Swinging Bridge Reservoir in Sullivan County. The plaintiff alleges and the defendant admits that the reservoir is owned by the defendant, which uses its waters for the purpose of generating electricity. According to eyewitness accounts, there was a large area of open water where the accident...

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