OLIVERA v. CITY OF NEW YORK


239 A.D.2d 300 (1997)

658 N.Y.S.2d 853

Tabitha Olivera, an Infant, by Her Mother and Natural Guardian, Miriam Santos, et al., Appellants, v. City of New York, Respondent

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

May 29, 1997


The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence, which showed that at the time of the accident the police officers were in the pursuit of a suspect who reportedly had stolen a car and had a gun, and that their vehicular pursuit of the suspect did not recklessly disregard a known or obvious risk that was so great as to make highly probable that harm would follow (see, Saarinen v Kerr, 84 N.Y...

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