Kircher v. City of Jamestown

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1989-07-13

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OPINION OF THE COURT Alexander, J. We have only recently reaffirmed the well-settled rule that in order for liability to be imposed upon a municipality for the failure to provide police protection to a particular individual, there must be proof of a "special relationship” between that person and the municipality (see, Cuffy v City of New York, <a href="/opini…

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