Ladalia v. City of New York

In Ladalia v. City of New York (1993 WL 217145, [ED NY, June 2, 1993]) a prison warden had asked the Corporation Counsel to assign him legal representation in his defense against charges of sexual harassment of his subordinates. The Ladalia court upheld the Corporation Counsel's refusal to make such assignment. Thus, the Ladalia ruling stands for the proposition that the Corporation Counsel need not supply a lawyer under section 50-k (2) where the conduct for which the employee is being sued could not by any stretch of imagination have been committed by the employee qua employee, but rather, could have served only his personal objectives.