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66 N.Y.2d 998

Ast v. State

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 19, 1985

New York Court of Appeals · decided 1985-12-19

Decided 1985-12-19

¶1OPINION OF THE COURT

¶2Memorandum.

¶3The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

¶4State Police urgently invoking the assistance of a Thruway toll collector to stop a fleeing vehicle owe a duty of due care to assure that compliance with their request does not expose the individual to a reasonably foreseeable risk of harm (see, Thain v City of New York, 35 AD2d 545, affd 30 NY2d 524; Schuster v City of New York, 5 NY2d 75, 81, 84; Lubelfeld v City of New York, 4 NY2d 455). The affirmed findings, supported by the record, that this duty was breached and that such breach was a proximate cause of injury are beyond our review (Humphrey v State of New York, 60 NY2d 742).

¶5Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Jasen, Meyer, Simons, Kaye, Alexander and Titone concur.

¶6Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.

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