SANCHEZ v. CITY OF NEW YORK

11296N, 300619/14.

181 A.D.3d 522 (2020)

119 N.Y.S.3d 54

2020 NY Slip Op 01970

Felicidad Sanchez, Appellant, v. City of New York et al., Respondents.

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

Decided March 19, 2020.


Defendants had an obligation to preserve the pre-accident audio recordings at the time they were destroyed because the Police Department (NYPD) internal report and plaintiff's notice of claim, which attached the public police accident report, put defendants on notice that they would likely assert an emergency operation defense. Therefore, pre-accident audio communication between the dispatcher and the NYPD vehicle or officers involved in the accident should have been preserved...

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