Legal Opinion

Wagner v. Wody

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided September 12, 2012PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Brathwaite-Nelson, J.), entered March 31, 2011, which granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff, Russell Wagner, a sanitation worker, allegedly was injured while he was taking a garbage bag from a curb to a sanitation truck. According to his deposition testimony, Wagner lifted a 30-to-40-gallon black plastic garbage bag with his left hand and, as he turned to throw it into…

2Cases cited7 opinions

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3Cited by8 opinions

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