TOBIN v. CITY OF NEW YORK


256 A.D.2d 177 (1998)

681 N.Y.S.2d 527

TERENCE J. TOBIN et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Appellant-Respondent, et al., Defendant. (And a Third-Party Action.)

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

Decided December 17, 1998.


Plaintiff firefighter proved his cause of action under General Municipal Law § 205-a by demonstrating that a violation of Administrative Code of the City of New York § 26-235 caused him harm, either directly or indirectly (see, O'Connell v Kavanagh, 231 A.D.2d 29, 32). Bearing in mind that General Municipal Law § 205-a is to be given "a liberal construction to accomplish...

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