Legal Opinion
Gannon Personnel Agency, Inc. v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 26, 1979PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Edward J. Greenfield, J.
On December 11, 1970, at 2 p.m., a tremendous gas explosion ripped apart the three-story commercial building at 7-11 Ann Street, running through to Park Row, across from City Hall in lower Manhattan. The building blazed fiercely, and within minutes the remaining walls, ceilings and floors had collapsed. Many people were on the premises at the time, in the stores, shops, bar and restaurant. Twelve people were killed in the explosion, scores injured, and the businesses conducted on the premises were wiped out.
Forty-three separate actions were…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- H. R. Moch Co. v. Rensselaer Water Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Schuster v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1958
- Riss v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- Steitz v. City of BeaconNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
- Motyka v. City of AmsterdamNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
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3Cited by5 opinions
- O'Connor v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- McMahon v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Fitzgerald v. 667 Hotel Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1980
- In re New York Asbestos LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1994
- World Trade Knitting Mills, Inc. v. Lido Knitting Mills, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990