Legal Opinion

Scaringi v. Elizabeth Broome Realty Corp.

New York Supreme Court

Decided September 20, 1991PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Edward J. Greenfield, J.

One who attempts to commence an action just before the last grains of sand run out on the Statute of Limitations had better take pains to be sure there are no lurking defects in the procedure employed to acquire jurisdiction, for a failure to take care may be fatal to the plaintiff’s rights. That is the moral pointed up by the facts in this case.

From what can now be ascertained from a complaint dated April 23, 1991, on December 22, 1987, plaintiff, a construction worker, sustained personal injuries while doing sandblasting at 354 Broome Street in…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Brooks v. ZabkaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1969
  2. Parker v. MackNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. Drummer v. Valeron Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  4. Rowell v. Gould, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  5. Esposito v. BillingsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Scaringi v. Elizabeth Broome Realty Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  2. William Court — White Hill Road Homeowners Ass'n v. New York State Commissioner of Mental Retardation & Developmental DisabilitiesNew York Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Property Clerk, New York City Police Department v. HylorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  4. Shengmeng Wang v. Chung Fat Supermarket Inc., Yue Mei Jiang, Zhi Liang Chen, Xue Feng Jiang, Xinyu Jiang, and Xin Xin ChiangDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2026

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