Legal Opinion
Klimek v. Town of Ghent
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 19, 1987PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Levine, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Cobb, J.), entered July 22, 1986 in Columbia County, upon a verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff.
Peter E. Klimek (hereinafter the infant) was severely injured on July 19, 1978 when the farm tractor he was driving partly on and partly off the paved portion of Harlemville Road in defendant Town of Ghent, Columbia County, deviated from the path of the road, hit a tree and fell down an embankment. Harlemville Road was a two-lane rural town highway. Originally a dirt road, it had been improved in 1967 in a reconstruction funded by the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Holodook v. SpencerNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Tomassi v. Town of UnionNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Nolechek v. GesualeNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Sawyer v. Dreis & Krump Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Schechter v. KlanferNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
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3Cited by2 opinions
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