In Sanchez v. Morris Ave. Equities Corp., 2018 NY Slip Op 07071 (App. Div. 1st Dept. Oct. 23, 2018), a premises liability personal injury case, the court affirmed the denial of summary judgment to defendant. In this case, the plaintiff was assaulted in the gated alleyway leading to the boiler room and the superintendent’s apartment in…
Read More Defendant Denied Summary Judgment in Premises Liability Assault CaseIn Newisky v. United Artists Kaufman Astoria 14 Regal Cinemas, 2018 NY Slip Op 06880 (App. Div. 2d Dept. Oct. 17, 2018), the court held that defendant should have been granted summary judgment dismissing the complaint. The court described the accident as follows; The plaintiff and his wife arrived at the theater and began to look…
Read More Movie Seat Injury Case Properly Dismissed; Res Ipsa Loquitur UnavailableFrom Madsen v. Catamount Ski Resort, 2018 NY Slip Op 06794 (App. Div. 1st Div. Oct. 11, 2018): Plaintiffs seek to recover for personal injuries sustained by their infant daughter in a skiing accident at defendants’ ski resort. Plaintiffs claim that defendants were negligent in failing to pad the metal snow machine pole with which the infant…
Read More Skiing Accident Personal Injury Case Survives Summary JudgmentIn Adriana G. v. Kipp Wash. Hgts. Middle Sch., 2018 NY Slip Op 06787 (App. Div. 1st Dept. Oct. 11, 2018), the Appellate Division unanimously affirmed the lower court’s denial of defendants’ motion for summary judgment. According to the decision, plaintiff “sustained injuries that resulted in her right ring finger being amputated after it became caught…
Read More Student’s Amputated-Finger Case Survives Summary JudgmentHere is yet another reason why accident victims should refrain from using social media after they are in an accident. In Smith v. Brown, 2018 NY Slip Op 28299 (Sup. Ct. Bx. Cty. Sept. 27, 2018), a personal injury case involving a motor vehicle accident, the court held that plaintiff was required to respond to requests…
Read More Car Accident Plaintiff Must Respond to Requests for Admission Regarding Instagram “Selfies,” Court RulesIn Suarez v. Emerald 115 Mosholu LLC, 2018 NY Slip Op 06059 (App. Div. 1st Dept. Sept. 13, 2018) – a trip-and-fall personal injury case – the court held that the alleged defect was not “trivial” as a matter of law and, therefore, that plaintiff’s case should not have been dismissed on summary judgment. The facts,…
Read More Defect Was Not “Trivial” as a Matter of Law; Trip/Fall Case ContinuesFrom KM v. Fencers Club, Inc., 2018 NY Slip Op 05923 (App. Div. 2d Dept. Aug. 29, 2018): A necessary element of a cause of action alleging negligent hiring or negligent supervision of an employee is that the “employer knew or should have known of the employee’s propensity for the conduct which caused the injury” (Kenneth R.…
Read More Fencing School Held Not Liable for Sexual Assault of Minor By CoachWhat is “The Truth”? The President of the United States’ lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has been (rightly) criticized and mocked for saying that “Truth Isn’t Truth”. What the heck does that mean? Is this just another loony iteration of “alternative facts?” Maybe. The issue of what “The Truth” is has arisen many times. Some have observed that “The…
Read More “The Truth”From Fuentes v. Theodore, 2018 WL 3748315, at *1 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept., 2018): The defendant established her prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by submitting evidence that no dangerous or defective condition existed with respect to the stepladder (see Bernal v. 521 Park Ave. Condo, 128 A.D.3d 750, 9 N.Y.S.3d 358; Balashanskaya…
Read More Personal Injury Case Dismissed; Stepladder Was Not Dangerous/DefectiveTo succeed in a slip-and-fall case, the injured plaintiff must establish that the defendant property owner was negligent. This is typically done by showing that they had actual or constructive notice of, yet failed to correct, the dangerous condition. In a recent decision, Canteen v. New York City Housing Authority, 2018 NY Slip OP 05733…
Read More Slip/Fall Dismissal Affirmed; Notice Undermined by Caretaker Affidavit