Court of Appeals of New York

In plaintiffs' suit against the State of New York alleging that it had been negligent in certifying an unsafe passenger capacity of a public vessel, resulting in injuries and lost lives due to the tragic capsizing of the vessel in 2005, the judgment of the Appellate Division is reversed where because the State owes no special duty to the plaintiffs, the claims that the State's inspectors failed to certify safe passenger capacity on the vessel must be dismissed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/29/2012
• Published 11/29/2012

Judges

• Lippman

Court

• Court of Appeals of New York

Counsel