Plaintiffs herein were injured at a City College of New York (CCNY) celebrity basketball game. They assert that the police voluntarily assumed a duty to all persons attending the game since they took over functions that would otherwise have been performed by private security or by the game's organizers.
A governmental entity acting with discretionary or reasoned judgment is immune from negligence suits (Tango v Tulevech,
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