Helman v. County of Warren
Cases that cite this one
28 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.
- Pelaez v. Seide (N.Y. 2004)
- Kircher v. City of Jamestown (N.Y. 1989)
- Bogart v. Town of New Paltz (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1989)
- Kulon v. Liberty Fire Dist. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2023)
- Armstrong v. Scott (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2005)
- Laratro v. City of New York (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2005)
- Baez v. City of New York (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2003)
- Grieshaber v. City of Albany (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2001)
- Delcamp v. Village of Brocton (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2000)
- Walsh v. Town of Cheektowaga (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1997)
- Stata v. Village of Waterford (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1996)
- Levy v. City of New York (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1996)
- Melanson v. State (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1995)
- Thomas v. City of Auburn (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1995)
- Pedalino v. Giuliani (New York Supreme Court 1995)
- Greene v. City of New York (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1994)
- Bargy v. Sienkiewicz (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1994)
- Boland v. State (N.Y. Ct. Cl. 1994)
- Hancock v. City of New York (New York Supreme Court 1994)
- Lorenzo v. City of New York (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1993)
- Boyle v. Tuthill (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1993)
- Diesenhouse v. Town of Wallkill (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1992)
- S.C. Freidfertig Builders, Ltd. v. Robert M. Spano Plumbing & Heating, Inc. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1991)
- Amadon v. State (N.Y. Ct. Cl. 1990)
- Kircher v. City of Jamestown (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1988)
This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.
Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division (111 AD2d 560). Completely absent in this case was any “direct contact between agents of the municipality and the injured party”, upon which a special duty could be predicated (Sorichetti v City of New York, 65 NY2d 461, 469; see also, Yearwood v Town of Brighton, 64 NY2d 667).
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Meyer, Kaye, Alexander, Titone and Hancock, Jr. Taking no part: Judge Simons.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.