FRAZER v. CITY OF NEW YORK


240 A.D.2d 307 (1997)

659 N.Y.S.2d 23

Andrea Frazer et al., Respondents, v. City of New York, Defendant, and Circle Line Sightseeing Yachts, Inc., et al., Appellants Linda Gleaner et al., Respondents, v. Circle Line Sightseeing Yachts, Inc., et al., Appellants. (And Another Action.)

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

June 24, 1997


Plaintiffs, who were passengers on a Circle Line sightseeing boat on the afternoon of May 25, 1986 when it struck the Willis Avenue Bridge over the Harlem River, seek compensatory and punitive damages for their alleged injuries.

Although the law has not been entirely settled by the Supreme Court's holding that exemplary damages are not recoverable in a general maritime cause of action for the wrongful death of a seaman ...

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