Legal Opinion
Hitchcock v. Best
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 26, 1998PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mikoll, J. P.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Lamont, J.), entered May 20, 1996 in Albany County, upon a verdict rendered in favor of defendant.
Plaintiff alleged that he sustained an injury to his arm when he lost his balance and fell off a landing while exiting the front door of his home and struck his hand through a glass pane of a bay window adjacent to the landing. He attributed his injury to the negligence of defendant, the owner of the house, who plaintiff alleged failed to replace a railing on the steps which plaintiff contended would have prevented his fall. He further…
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