Legal Opinion
Smith v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 27, 1953PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
The plaintiff was injured on January 1, 1948, at 6:00 p.m. by falling on an accumulation of snow and ice on a sidewalk on West 42nd Street, New York City. This was some 135 hours after the cessation of the blizzard of December 26-27, 1947. The case with respect to the lapse of time differs from Yonki v. City of New York (276 App. Div. 407) where the accident occurred 60 hours after the same storm, and Rapoport v. City of New York (281 App. Div. 33) where the *496injury was sustained 90 hours after the storm. The passage of almost six days, the rough and ridgy condition of the snow and ice and the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ring v. . City of CohoesNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Taylor v. . City of YonkersNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Foley v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
- Rapoport v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1952
3Cited by8 opinions
- Candelier v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Annie F. Campbell v. District of Columbia, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Garricks v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 2003
- Pfeffer v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1966
- Sisson v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1964
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