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Gregory v. Armon

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 30, 1997
240 A.D.2d 703 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

June 30, 1997

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (McCaffrey, J.).


Ordered that the appeal from so much of the order as denied that branch of the defendants' motion which was to dismiss the cause of action based on common-law negligence is dismissed as withdrawn; and it is further,

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as reviewed, with costs.

The allegedly injured plaintiff, James Gregory, a police officer, and his wife brought this action against the defendants after the officer was injured when he slipped on a patch of ice and snow in the driveway of the defendants' home while returning to his vehicle after investigating a burglar alarm. The defendants moved, inter alia, to dismiss the plaintiffs' cause of action under General Municipal Law § 205-e, and the court denied the motion.

To recover damages for personal injuries under General Municipal Law § 205-e, the complaint must specify or identify the statutes with which the defendant failed to comply, describe the manner in which the plaintiff's injuries occurred, and set forth the facts from which it may be inferred that the defendant's negligence directly or indirectly caused the harm to the plaintiff ( see, Zanghi v. Niagara Frontier Transp. Commn., 85 N.Y.2d 423, 441; Gibbons v. Ostrow, 234 A.D.2d 415). Chapter 703 of the Laws of 1996, which amended General Municipal Law § 205-e, clearly provides a right of recovery where, as here, the regulation allegedly violated merely codifies a common-law duty ( see, Corbisiero v. City of New York, 240 A.D.2d 694 [decided herewith]; Sikes v. Reliance Fed. Sav., 234 A.D.2d 446; accord, Johnson v. Jack, 233 A.D.2d 807). Accordingly, the plaintiffs have stated a viable claim under General Municipal Law § 205-e, and the motion to dismiss was properly denied.

Bracken, J.P., Santucci, Krausman and McGinity, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Gregory v. Armon

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 30, 1997
240 A.D.2d 703 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

Gregory v. Armon

Case Details

Full title:JAMES E. GREGORY et al., Respondents, v. HARRY ARMON et al., Appellants

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jun 30, 1997

Citations

240 A.D.2d 703 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
659 N.Y.S.2d 307

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