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.