New York Court of Appeals
Jose A. Sanchez, as Administrator of the Estate of Laura Sanchez, , Appellants-Respondents v. Village of Liberty…
June 9, 197742 N.Y.2d 876
Summary
The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of the complaint against the Village of Liberty and John Como, holding that a municipality is not liable for failure to enforce statutes absent a special relationship and that the dangerous instrumentality theory does not impose liability for an abandoned building attracting children.