Legal Opinion
Lesocovich v. 180 Madison Avenue Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 4, 1993PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and defendant’s motion for summary judgment denied.
The issue before us is whether defendant is entitled to summary judgment in this personal injury action. Plaintiff Lesocovich was rendered a quadriplegic as a result of a fall from a flat roof owned by the defendant landlord 180 Madison Avenue Corporation. The roof covered a one-story portion of a three-story residential and commercial building in Albany. Plaintiff alleges that the fall was due to the failure to install a railing or parapet wall…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Zuckerman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Winegrad v. New York University Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Sillman v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
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