ELLIS v. CITY OF BUFFALO

150 CA 22-00155.

218 A.D.3d 1131 (2023)

193 N.Y.S.3d 488

2023 NY Slip Op 03982

Brandon P. Ellis, as Guardian of the Person and Property of Chelsea L. Ellis, an Incapacitated Individual, Appellant-Respondent, v. City of Buffalo et al., Respondents-Appellants, et al., Respondent. (Action No. 1.) Karley A.G. Mueller, Appellant-Respondent, v. City of Buffalo et al., Respondents-Appellants, et al., Defendant. (Action No. 2.) Jyirah C. Bailey, Appellant-Respondent, v. City of Buffalo et al., Respondents-Appellants. (Action No. 3.) James Barclay, IV, Appellant-Respondent, v. City of Buffalo et al., Respondents-Appellants, et al., Defendant. (Action No. 4.) New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company, as Subrogee of Chelsea Ellis, Respondent, v. City of Buffalo et al., Appellants, et al., Defendant. (Action No. 5.)

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

Decided July 28, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MAGAVERN MAGAVERN GRIMM LLP, BUFFALO ( EDWARD J. MARKARIAN OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT IN ACTION NO. 1.

DOLCE PANEPINTO, P.C., BUFFALO ( EDWARD L. SMITH, III , OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT IN ACTION NO. 3.

GIBSON, McASKILL & CROSBY, LLP, BUFFALO ( CHARLES S. DESMOND , II, OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT IN ACTION NO. 2.

STEINER & BLOTNIK, BUFFALO ( M. KREAG FERULLO OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT IN ACTION NO. 4.

CHELUS, HERDZIK, SPEYER & MONTE, P.C., BUFFALO ( THOMAS J. SPEYER OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS CITY OF BUFFALO, BUFFALO POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND BRANDEN D. LOWE.

Present—Whalen, P.J., Lindley, Curran, Bannister and Montour, JJ.


Appeals and cross-appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Dennis E. Ward, J.), entered January 7, 2022. The order, among other things, denied those parts of the motions of plaintiffs in action Nos. 1 and 3 and the cross-motions of plaintiffs in action Nos. 2 and 4 for summary judgment on the issue of the negligence of defendant Branden D. Lowe and determined that the reckless disregard standard applies, denied those parts of those motions and cross-motions...

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