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· 11/13/1944

In re the Estate of Ward

Citations

  • 268 A.D. 913
  • 51 N.Y.S.2d 461
  • 1944 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4227

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  • \The amount of protection that may be provided is limited by the resources of the community.\
  • municipal governments have discretion in allocating and deploying their limited law enforcement resources
  • city is immune from liability to crime victim for officer’s failure to respond to witnesses’ report of victim’s abduction, absent direct contact between victim and police and justifiable reliance by victim in assurances of protection that would lead to requisite special relationship
  • listing five reasons for the public duty doctrine
  • listing five reasons for the public duty doctrine

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