PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF BRONX COUNTY v. CITY OF NEW YORK


271 A.D.2d 220 (2000)

706 N.Y.S.2d 40

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF BRONX COUNTY, as Administrator of the Estate of MELISSA FIGUEROA, Deceased, Respondent, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Appellant.

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

Decided April 4, 2000.


This action was commenced on behalf of the estate of Melissa Figueroa (Ms. Figueroa), who was shot to death on December 17, 1991 by her 24-year-old husband, off-duty Probationary New York City Police Officer Edwin Figueroa (Mr. Figueroa), in an apparent murder-suicide. The weapon used in the incident was the service revolver the Police Department had issued to Mr. Figueroa. The seventh cause of action of the verified complaint alleges that Ms. Figueroa's death resulted from...

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