Municipal Corporations - Governmental Immunity - Tort Liability - Negligence

Authors

Robin Graziano

Abstract

The New York Court of Appeals has held that the actions of a city and county in holding out the 911 number as a number to be called by someone in need of emergency assistance, the plaintiff's placing of a telephone call in reliance on that holding out, and the plaintiff's further reliance on the assurance that help was on its way, created a duty on the part of the city and county to respond to plaintiff's plea for help in a nonnegligent fashion.

DeLong v. Erie County, 89 A.D.2d 376, 455 N.Y.S.2d 887 (1982).

First Page

299

Recommended Citation

Robin Graziano, Municipal Corporations - Governmental Immunity - Tort Liability - Negligence, 22 Duq. L. Rev. 299 (1983).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol22/iss1/12