Case Name: Ludwig Klein, Respondent, v. John T. O'Hagan, as Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department, et al., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1980-10-07
Citations: 51 N.Y.2d 784
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ludwig Klein, Respondent, v John T. O’Hagan, as Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department, et al., Appellants.
Judges: Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 784–786

Head Matter:
Ludwig Klein, Respondent, v John T. O’Hagan, as Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department, et al., Appellants.
Argued September 3, 1980;
decided October 7, 1980
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Allen G. Schwartz, Corporation Counsel (Alexander J. Wulwick and Carolyn E. Demarest of counsel), for appellants.
Ronald H. Shechtman for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order reversed, with costs, and the determination of the commission reinstated for reasons stated in the dissenting memorandum by Mr. Justice Samuel J. Silverman at the Appellate Division (70 AD2d 514, 515-516).
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.