Legal Opinion

Espinal v. New York City Housing Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 23, 1995PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Leland DeGrasse, J.), entered on January 28, 1994, which denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the motion granted, without costs or disbursements.

Plaintiff, Rafael Espinal, a grocery delivery person, allegedly slipped and fell on a stairway from the first to second floor of a building owned and maintained by defendant Housing Authority. Plaintiff claimed that the cause of the fall was debris left on the stairs. The IAS Court denied the defendant’s motion for summary…

2Cases cited3 opinions

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  2. Weisenthal v. PickmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  3. Trujillo v. Riverbay Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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  5. Taylor v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1996

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