New York Court of Appeals
Maria T. Lopes, as Administratrix of the Estate of Manuel D. Lopes v. Harold R. Rostad, and County of Nassau…
December 6, 197845 N.Y.2d 617
Summary
The New York Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division and dismissed the County of Nassau's liability, holding that the County's nondelegable statutory duty to maintain roads safely does not extend to employees of an independent contractor injured by the contractor's negligence.