CHARLES MEADE v. CHESTNUT


53 A.D.3d 645 (2008)

863 N.Y.S.2d 446

BRANDON CHARLES MEADE et al., Appellants, v. ANNA L. CHESTNUT et al., Defendants, and CITY OF MOUNT VERNON et al., Respondents. (And Related Actions.)

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

Decided July 29, 2008.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

"The manner in which a police officer operates his or her vehicle in [responding to] an emergency situation may not form the basis for civil liability to an injured third party unless the officer acted in reckless disregard for the safety of others" (Puntarich v County of Suffolk, 47 A.D.3d 785, 786 [2008]; see Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1104...

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