AKANDE v. CITY OF NEW YORK


275 A.D.2d 671 (2000)

713 N.Y.S.2d 341

TAYIBAT AKANDE et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents.

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

Decided September 28, 2000.


After chemical testing, United States Customs determined that a package shipped from overseas contained heroin. The package was addressed to plaintiff Tayibat Akande's husband, Sikiru Akande, a co-plaintiff herein, who seeks derivative damages. On Friday, November 2, 1990, plaintiff, after accepting delivery of the package from a United States Postal Inspector posing as a mailman, was arrested by New York City police officers who...

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