Costello v. Barr

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Costello v. Barr

83 A.D.2d 952, 443 N.Y.S.2d 31, 1981 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 15407

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedSeptember 28, 1981

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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Costello v. Barr, 83 A.D.2d 952, 443 N.Y.S.2d 31, 1981 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 15407 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1981).

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In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, defendant County of Nassau appeals from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Oppido, J.), dated October 3, 1980, which, after a jury trial, (1) dismissed the complaint as to defendant Barr and (2) adjudged the County of Nassau to be liable to the plaintiff in the apportioned amount of 25%. Interlocutory judgment affirmed, without costs or disbursements. In this negligence action, the credible evidence supports the jury’s verdict holding the County of Nassau liable for 25% of the plaintiff’s damages. The county, through its agent the Nassau County Police Department, had prior notice of the alleged unsafe condition which existed on a public highway within its jurisdiction. Its failure to correct the existing condition was a breach of its duty to maintain its roads in a reasonably safe condition (see Harris v Village of East Hills, 41 NY2d 446) and it was within the jury’s power to conclude that this failure to act was a contributing factor to plaintiff’s injuries. Mollen, P. J., Damiani, Gibbons and Thompson, JJ., concur.

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In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, defendant County of Nassau appeals from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Oppido, J.), dated October 3, 1980, which, after a jury trial, (1) dismissed the complaint as to defendant Barr and (2) adjudged the County of Nassau to be liable to the plaintiff in the apportioned amount of 25%. Interlocutory judgment affirmed, without costs or disbursements. In this negligence action, the credible evidence supports the jury’s verdict holding the County of Nassau liable for 25% of the plaintiff’s damages. The county, through its agent the Nassau County Police Department, had prior notice of the alleged unsafe condition which existed on a public highway within its jurisdiction. Its failure to correct the existing condition was a breach of its duty to maintain its roads in a reasonably safe condition (see Harris v Village of East Hills, 41 NY2d 446) and it was within the jury’s power to conclude that this failure to act was a contributing factor to plaintiff’s injuries. Mollen, P. J., Damiani, Gibbons and Thompson, JJ., concur.

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83 A.D.2d 952, 443 N.Y.S.2d 31, 1981 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 15407, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/costello-v-barr-nyappdiv-1981.

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