Case Name: Raymond Farmer, as Administrator of the Estate of Michael Farmer, Deceased, et al., Appellants, v. City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1965-03-04
Citations: 23 A.D.2d 638
Docket Number: 
Parties: Raymond Farmer, as Administrator of the Estate of Michael Farmer, Deceased, et al., Appellants, v. City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 638–638

Head Matter:
Raymond Farmer, as Administrator of the Estate of Michael Farmer, Deceased, et al., Appellants, v. City of New York, Respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment on a verdict directed for defendant -in a consolidated 'action for wrongful death and for personal injuries, unanimously reversed, on the law, on the facts and in (the exercise of discretion, and a new trial directed, with $50 costs to abide the event. Plaintiffs seek recoveries for injuries and wrongful death suffered in a city park resulting from the city's failure to provide adequate police protection. Had plaintiffs not been unduly trammeled in the presentation of their ease they might have been able, difficult as it may be, to make out a prima facie case under the apparent rule in Caldwell v. Village of Is. Park (304 N. Y. 268). (See, also, Connolly v. City of New York, 23 A D 2d 493.) Concur — Botein, P. J., Breitel, Rabin, McNally and Eager, JJ.