Case Name: Lloyd Helman, Appellant, v. County of Warren, Respondent, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1986-03-20
Citations: 67 N.Y.2d 799
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lloyd Helman, Appellant, v County of Warren, Respondent, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 67
Pages: 799–801

Head Matter:
Lloyd Helman, Appellant, v County of Warren, Respondent, et al., Defendant.
Argued February 7, 1986;
decided March 20, 1986
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Jeffrey Canale and William V Canale for appellant.
Jason L. Shaw for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division (111 AD2d 560). Completely absent in this case was any "direct contact between agents of the municipality and the injured party", upon which a special duty could be predicated (Sorichetti v City of New York, 65 NY2d 461, 469; see also, Yearwood v Town of Brighton, 64 NY2d 667).
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Meyer, Kaye, Alexander, Titone and Hancock, Jr. Taking no part: Judge Simons.