Legal Opinion
Ortsman v. Town of Oyster Bay
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 23, 1991PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Murphy, J.), dated March 27, 1990, as denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
On June 11, 1988, the plaintiff was playing basketball on one of the defendant Town’s basketball courts when he injured his ankle and leg. The injury was allegedly caused by a defective condition, that is, a…
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- Liebow v. Town of HempsteadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
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