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Governmental Immunity Applied to Preclude Recovery by Bicyclist​

In finding the City was not liable for injury to a bicyclist because of governmental immunity, the First Department wrote:

In this action for personal injuries allegedly sustained by plaintiff when his bicycle hit a depression in a grassy area, after he was diverted from the bicycle path in a City park due to cleaning activities by defendants’ employees on a retaining wall, defendants moved to dismiss at the close of plaintiff’s… * * *  …[D]ismissal of the complaint is warranted on the … ground … that defendants’ employees were engaged in a governmental function giving rise to the governmental immunity defense. Diverting traffic to protect the public from the harsh chemicals used in the cleaning process was a discretionary act performed by public employees in the exercise of reasoned judgment … . Stashkevetch v City of New York, 2013, NY Slip Op 03418, 1st Dept, 5-14-13

 

 

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