Legal Opinion
Cividanes v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 22, 2012PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Renwick, J.
In this action to recover damages for personal injuries, plaintiff alleges that she was injured when she stepped into a hole and fell after alighting from a bus owned and operated by defendants. The court below properly rejected defendants’ al*3legations that the No-Fault Insurance Law, which would have required plaintiff to establish that she sustained a serious injury as a result of the accident, applies to this matter. The controlling precedent is Walton v Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co. (88 NY2d 211 [1996]), which holds that for the No-Fault Law to apply, the vehicle…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Oberly v. Bangs Ambulance, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 2001
- Argentina v. Emery World Wide Delivery Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1999
- Walton v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1996
- Lam v. DongAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- Zaccari v. Progressive Northwestern InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
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