Case Name: Esteban E. Cedano, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1980-11-11
Citations: 51 N.Y.2d 896
Docket Number: 
Parties: Esteban E. Cedano, Appellant, v City of New York, Respondent, et al., Defendant.
Judges: Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler and Fuchsberg. Judge Meyer taking no part.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 896–897

Head Matter:
Esteban E. Cedano, Appellant, v City of New York, Respondent, et al., Defendant.
Argued October 6, 1980;
decided November 11, 1980
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
J. Irwin Shapiro, Morris J. Eisen and Stephen Kruger for appellant.
Allen G. Schwartz, Corporation Counsel (Bernard Abel and L. Kevin Sheridan of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order reversed, without costs, and the case remitted to the Appellate Division, First Department, for exercise of that court's discretion. In the circumstances present here it was improper for the Appellate Division to decide the issue presented as a matter of law.
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler and Fuchsberg. Judge Meyer taking no part.