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CITY HAD ASSIGNED A CROSSING GUARD TO THE CROSSWALK WHERE INFANT PLAINTIFF WAS STRUCK BY A SCHOOL BUS, THE GUARD HAD CALLED IN SICK THAT DAY, NO SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PLAINTIFFS, CITY’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the defendant city’s motion for summary judgment in this crosswalk pedestrian accident case should have been granted. The city had assigned a school crossing guard for the crosswalk where infant plaintiff was struck by a school bus, but the guard had called in sick that day. The First Department held the plaintiffs did not demonstrate a special relationship with the city:

In order to establish that the City voluntarily assumed a duty, plaintiffs have the burden of showing: (1) an assumption by the City’s agents, through promises or action, of an affirmative duty to act on behalf of plaintiffs; (2) knowledge on the part of the City’s agents that inaction could lead to harm; (3) some form of direct contact between the City’s agents and plaintiffs; and (4) justifiable reliance by plaintiffs… . Here, the record shows that no special duty existed between the City and plaintiffs before the accident. There was no direct contact between the City’s agents and plaintiffs, and the facts that the school crossing guard greeted infant plaintiffs and the children relied upon the crossing guard’s instructions when the guard was at the intersection before the accident is insufficient to create a special duty. Ivan D. v Little Richie Bus Serv. Inc., 2018 NY Slip Op 04823, First Dept 6-28-18

​MUNICIPAL LAW (NEGLIGENCE, SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP, CITY HAD ASSIGNED A CROSSING GUARD TO THE CROSSWALK WHERE INFANT PLAINTIFF WAS STRUCK BY A SCHOOL BUS, THE GUARD HAD CALLED IN SICK THAT DAY, NO SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PLAINTIFFS, CITY’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FIRST DEPT))/NEGLIGENCE (MUNICIPAL LAW, SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP, CITY HAD ASSIGNED A CROSSING GUARD TO THE CROSSWALK WHERE INFANT PLAINTIFF WAS STRUCK BY A SCHOOL BUS, THE GUARD HAD CALLED IN SICK THAT DAY, NO SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PLAINTIFFS, CITY’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FIRST DEPT))/PEDESTRIANS (TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, MUNICIPAL LAW, CITY HAD ASSIGNED A CROSSING GUARD TO THE CROSSWALK WHERE INFANT PLAINTIFF WAS STRUCK BY A SCHOOL BUS, THE GUARD HAD CALLED IN SICK THAT DAY, NO SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PLAINTIFFS, CITY’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FIRST DEPT))/TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS (MUNICIPAL LAW, CITY HAD ASSIGNED A CROSSING GUARD TO THE CROSSWALK WHERE INFANT PLAINTIFF WAS STRUCK BY A SCHOOL BUS, THE GUARD HAD CALLED IN SICK THAT DAY, NO SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PLAINTIFFS, CITY’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FIRST DEPT))/CROSSWALKS  (TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, MUNICIPAL LAW, CITY HAD ASSIGNED A CROSSING GUARD TO THE CROSSWALK WHERE INFANT PLAINTIFF WAS STRUCK BY A SCHOOL BUS, THE GUARD HAD CALLED IN SICK THAT DAY, NO SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PLAINTIFFS, CITY’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FIRST DEPT))

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