Legal Opinion
Cotter v. Spear
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 11, 1988PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiff Jack Cotter appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Gurahian, J.), dated August 21, 1986, as, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the defendant and against him.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law and the facts and as a matter of discretion, and a new trial is granted to the appellant, with costs to abide the event.
On September 12, 1982, the defendant’s three-story apartment building in Yonkers, New York, was…
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- Selkowitz v. County of NassauNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
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