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· 11/15/1902

Phillips v. United States Grand Lodge of Independent Order Sons of Benjamin

Citations

  • 39 Misc. 296
  • 79 N.Y.S. 540

How courts have described this case

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  • municipality not liable for death of convict while doing work in police custody and caused by city foreman’s failure to provide medical treatment because at the time the municipal corporation was “exercising governmental powers and discharging governmental duties”
  • municipality not liable for death of convict while doing work in police custody and caused by city foreman’s failure to provide medical treatment because at the time the municipal corporation was “exercising governmental powers and discharging governmental duties”

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Judges: Freedman, MacLean

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