Case Name: Robert F. Malerba et al., Appellants, v. Incorporated Village of Huntington Bay et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1981-10-13
Citations: 54 N.Y.2d 863
Docket Number: 
Parties: Robert F. Malerba et al., Appellants, v Incorporated Village of Huntington Bay et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 54
Pages: 863–865

Head Matter:
Robert F. Malerba et al., Appellants, v Incorporated Village of Huntington Bay et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant.
Argued September 3,1981;
decided October 13, 1981
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Edward F. Hayes, III, and Raymond J. Clancy for appellants.
Vincent D. McNamara for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum. .
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs, on the memorandum of the Appellate Division. We add only that, assuming that awareness by the police of an impending attack would be sufficient to create a special duty, the affidavit in opposition contains nothing from which such awareness can be inferred and, in any event, because it is by a person other than the one who spoke to the police, would be insufficient on that question (Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 563).
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer concur.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.