This matter came on before me for trial on June 1, 1998, and the defendants requested the court charge the "reckless disregard" standard, rather than the ordinary negligence charge, upon the basis that defendant Officer Thomas E. Hatch was engaged in an emergency operation, as defined by the Vehicle and Traffic Law, at the time of the accident.
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