GORDON v. COUNTY OF NASSAU


261 A.D.2d 359 (1999)

689 N.Y.S.2d 192

KARLENE GORDON, Appellant, v. COUNTY OF NASSAU et al., Respondents.

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

Decided May 3, 1999.


Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, the motion is denied, the complaint is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Nassau County, for a new trial, with costs to abide the event.

This action arose from a collision between a police vehicle driven by Officer Gordon Thorne and a car driven by the plaintiff. The trial court correctly concluded, as a matter of law, that Officer Thorne was engaged in an emergency operation as defined by...

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