THOMAS RICH MARK ROKITKA JAMES RYAN SYLVAN SCIRRI RAYMOND SPENCER LONNIE WILLIAMS ALFRED MUSSACHIO DECEASED BENJAMIN CRESPO WILLIAM ROGOWSKI PEDRO PABON LORENDA WILLIAMS JENNIFER CATANIA STEPHEN RAIPORT RYAN LEHIGH FRANK DISPENZA THOMAS DUDEK ROBERT SLOEIR TIMOTHY CARNEY ROBERT BRAEUNER BRADLEY HEBLER DAVID KARNEY CATHERINE LANNEN CARL ANDOLINA NICHOLAS BUDNEY WILLIAM COOLEY PATRICK HUMISTON ANDREW KIEFER JOHN LAKE PAUL BRIEN JAMES UNGER MARK DONAHUE KRISTINE MURRAY MACK FRANK LORENZO DAVID DILLON MARK TUCZYNSKI TIMOTHY TAYLOR SUSAN PUMA DOUGLAS TUBINAS CHARLES TIRONE SHARON SAVANNAH ROBERT RUTKOWSKI LARRY BRAND JR JAMES MAZUR AND RICHARD MANLEY PETITIONERS PLAINTIFFS RESPONDENTS v. COUNTY OF ERIE AND ERIE COUNTY SHERIFF RESPONDENTS DEFENDANTS APPELLANTS (2010)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.

THOMAS RICH, MARK ROKITKA, JAMES RYAN, SYLVAN SCIRRI, RAYMOND SPENCER, LONNIE WILLIAMS, ALFRED MUSSACHIO (DECEASED), BENJAMIN CRESPO, WILLIAM ROGOWSKI, PEDRO PABON, LORENDA WILLIAMS, JENNIFER CATANIA, STEPHEN RAIPORT, RYAN LEHIGH, FRANK DISPENZA, THOMAS DUDEK, ROBERT SLOEIR, TIMOTHY CARNEY, ROBERT BRAEUNER, BRADLEY HEBLER, DAVID KARNEY, CATHERINE LANNEN, CARL ANDOLINA, NICHOLAS BUDNEY, WILLIAM COOLEY, PATRICK HUMISTON, ANDREW KIEFER, JOHN LAKE, PAUL O'BRIEN, JAMES UNGER, MARK DONAHUE, KRISTINE MURRAY-MACK, FRANK LORENZO, DAVID DILLON, MARK TUCZYNSKI, TIMOTHY TAYLOR, SUSAN PUMA, DOUGLAS TUBINAS, CHARLES TIRONE, SHARON SAVANNAH, ROBERT RUTKOWSKI, LARRY BRAND, JR., JAMES MAZUR, AND RICHARD MANLEY, PETITIONERS/ PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. COUNTY OF ERIE AND ERIE COUNTY SHERIFF, RESPONDENTS/ DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS

CA 09-02152

Decided: April 30, 2010

PRESENT:  MARTOCHE, J.P., SMITH, FAHEY, PERADOTTO, AND GREEN, JJ.

CHERYL A. GREEN, COUNTY ATTORNEY, BUFFALO (JEANNINE M. PURTELL OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS/DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. BARTLO, HETTLER & WEISS, KENMORE (PAUL D. WEISS OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONERS/PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS.