[DOWNLOAD] "Regina A. Kenavan v. City New York" by Court of Appeals of New York " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Regina A. Kenavan v. City New York
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 25, 1987
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
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[70 N.Y.2d 558 Page 564] Opinion OF THE COURT On January 24, 1976, at approximately 8:00 in the evening, plaintiffs, Ogno, Kenavan, Costello and
Volpicella, under the supervision of Captain Verdonik -- all members of the New York City Fire Department -- were dispatched
to extinguish a fire that had ignited in a vehicle abandoned on 37th Street between 7th and 9th Avenues in the Sunset Park
section of Brooklyn. Upon reaching the scene, Ogno, the chauffeur, pulled the fire engine past the abandoned car and parked.
While his team doused the fire, Captain Verdonik positioned himself in the middle of the road, parallel to the burning car,
waving a lantern to warn oncoming traffic. Despite the light from Verdonik's lantern and from the fire engine, heavy smoke
from the burning car reduced visibility between the fire operation and the oncoming traffic. Within minutes, the firefighters
had brought the fire under control; at that moment -- or perhaps seconds later -- Verdonik saw a pair of headlights bearing
down on him and his fellow firefighters. When the headlights appeared to accelerate rather than slow down, Verdonik turned
to warn his crew, but to no avail. The approaching vehicle, driven by defendant Gardell,* continued headlong into the cloud
of smoke striking Verdonik and each of the other firefighters, and crashed into the back of the fire engine. Four of the firefighters
were seriously injured and one, [70 N.Y.2d 558 Page 565]