Legal Opinion
Joines v. Karika
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 18, 1992PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarvey, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Harlem, J.), entered January 4, 1991 in Broome County, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
On February 9, 1988 at approximately 12:30 a.m., plaintiff, then 72 years old, fell in front of a building owned by defendants. Plaintiff was taken to a hospital where a blood alcohol test established his blood alcohol content to be .399%. Thereafter, plaintiff commenced this action against defendants seeking damages for injuries he sustained in the fall. The basis for this suit was plaintiff’s claim that he slipped on…
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