Legal Opinion

Goodwin v. New York City Housing Authority

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

Decided May 1, 2007PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Catterson, J.

This appeal in a slip-and-fall action where a city agency rejected the plaintiffs notice of claim for insufficient particularity, presents the Court with the opportunity to reexamine the circumstances upon which a notice of claim may be amended.

On October 14, 2002, Charlie Goodwin, Jr. (hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff) fell down the stairs at the St. Mary’s Projects, a building owned by the New York City Housing Authority (hereinafter referred to as NYCHA) in the Bronx. The plaintiff claims that as a result of the fall he sustained severe personal…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. O'Brien v. City of SyracuseNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. Teresta v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
  3. D'Alessandro v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  4. Thomann v. City of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
  5. Rosenbaum v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 2006

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Stewart v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  2. Goodwin v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  3. Thomas v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  4. Phillipps v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  5. Green v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013

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