MELENDEZ v. CITY OF NEW YORK

9030, 307653/11.

171 A.D.3d 566 (2019)

98 N.Y.S.3d 178

2019 NY Slip Op 02964

Esther Melendez et al., Appellants, v. City of New York, Respondent.

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

Decided April 18, 2019.


While plaintiffs' vehicle was stuck in traffic on the Major Deegan Expressway, it was rammed multiple times by a SUV that had been pursued by New York City police officers. The SUV eventually pushed plaintiffs' vehicle onto the concrete barrier in the middle of the expressway. The driver of the SUV, going both forward and in reverse, also struck several other cars, while ignoring directions from officers to stop the car. Officers...

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