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Plaintiff Entitled to Damages from the City—Plaintiff Had a “Special Relationship” with the City and Was Injured When a City Employee, Performing Ministerial Functions, Directed Plaintiff to Perform a Dangerous Task—“Special Relationship,” Which Gave Rise to a Duty Owed by the City to the Plaintiff, Defined

The Second Department affirmed Supreme Court’s denial of a motion by defendant-city to set aside the verdict.  The city had been held responsible for plaintiff’s injury based upon the jury’s findings that there was a “special relationship” between the city and the plaintiff and the city-employee was performing ministerial, not discretionary, acts when he directed the plaintiff’s work.  Plaintiff was injured when the city’s plumbing inspector directed plaintiff to perform a dangerous air pressure test:

The Court of Appeals has recognized three situations in which a duty may arise by way of a special relationship: “(1) the plaintiff belonged to a class for whose benefit a statute was enacted; (2) the government entity voluntarily assumed a duty to the plaintiff beyond what was owed to the public generally; or (3) the municipality took positive control of a known and dangerous safety condition” … . Of the three ways that a duty may arise out of a special relationship, only the third is at issue on this appeal—whether the appellants took positive control of a known and dangerous safety condition. Contrary to the appellants’ contention, the jury’s determination that the City and its inspector took positive control of a known and dangerous safety condition which gave rise to the plaintiff’s injuries was supported by a fair interpretation of the evidence and, thus, was not contrary to the weight of the evidence … . Delanoy v City of White Plains, 2914 NY Slip Op 07615, 2nd Dept 11-12-14

 

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