Tannenbaum v. City of New York
Citation | 819 N.Y.S.2d 4,2006 NY Slip Op 05224,30 A.D.3d 357 |
Decision Date | 29 June 2006 |
Docket Number | 8941. |
Parties | HOWARD TANNENBAUM, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants. HOWARD TANNENBAUM, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants. |
Court | New York Supreme Court Appellate Division |
General Municipal Law § 50-e makes unauthorized an action against individuals who have not been named in a notice of claim (see White v Averill Park Cent. School Dist., 195 Misc 2d 409, 411 [2003]), thus warranting dismissal of the state claims against Bonavoglia and Ortolano (see Matter of Rattner v Planning Commn. of Vil. of Pleasantville, 156 AD2d 521, 526 [1989], lv dismissed 75 NY2d 897 [1990]). However, as the notice requirements of this statute apply only to tort and negligence actions and not to civil rights actions, the court erred in dismissing the claims alleging federal civil rights violations against said parties (see Felder v Casey, 487 US 131 [1988]). Such claims should be reinstated without prejudice to renewing the dismissal motion after discovery.
District attorneys are entitled to immunity from civil claims arising out of their performance of quasi-judicial functions in prosecuting crimes (see Moore v Dormin, 252 AD2d 421 [1998], lv denied 92 NY2d 816 [1998]). The court thus properly dismissed the claims against defendants Johnson and Thomas that were not based on alleged violations of federal law.
The court properly exercised its discretion in denying the ...
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