What is the state of the law on governmental immunity?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Steering Comm. v. Port Auth. of New York (In re World Trade Ctr. Bombing Litig.), 17 N.Y.3d 428, 2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 06501, 933 N.Y.S.2d 164, 957 N.E.2d 733 (N.Y. 2011):
Additionally, governmental immunity provides public entities with the latitude to operate without fear of legal reprisal for the injurious consequences of a particular course of action. In Laratro v. City of New York, 8 N.Y.3d 79, 8182, 828 N.Y.S.2d 280, 861 N.E.2d 95 (2006) we explained that
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