New York Court of Appeals
Ossining Union Free School District, Appellant v. Anderson LaRocca Anderson, Defendants, and Thune…
May 4, 198973 N.Y.2d 417
Summary
The New York Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division's dismissal of the school district's negligence claims against engineering consultants, holding that a duty arises where the relationship is contractual or its functional equivalent, and finding the alleged facts satisfy that requirement.