Case Name: Albert W. Ast et al., Respondents, v. State of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1985-12-19
Citations: 66 N.Y.2d 998
Docket Number: Claim No. 64247
Parties: Albert W. Ast et al., Respondents, v State of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 66
Pages: 998–1000

Head Matter:
Albert W. Ast et al., Respondents, v State of New York, Appellant.
(Claim No. 64247.)
Argued November 13, 1985;
decided December 19, 1985
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Michael S. Buskus, Robert Hermann and Peter H Schiff of counsel), for appellant.
Sheldon Hurwitz and Paul J. Suozzi for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
State Police urgently invoking the assistance of a Thruway toll collector to stop a fleeing vehicle owe a duty of due care to assure that compliance with their request does not expose the individual to a reasonably foreseeable risk of harm (see, Thain v City of New York, 35 AD2d 545, affd 30 NY2d 524; Schuster v City of New York, 5 NY2d 75, 81, 84; Lubelfeld v City of New York, 4 NY2d 455). The affirmed findings, supported by the record, that this duty was breached and that such breach was a proximate cause of injury are beyond our review (Humphrey v State of New York, 60 NY2d 742).
Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Jasen, Meyer, Simons, Kaye, Alexander and Titone concur.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.