Legal Opinion
Hayes v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 13, 1999PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Peters, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Best, J.), entered February 5, 1998, in Montgomery County, which, inter alia, denied defendants’ motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
The relevant undisputed facts underlying a fire which occurred at plaintiffs farm in Montgomery County on August 8, 1994 stem from a discovery by David Przestrzelski, who operated the farm with plaintiff, her husband and her son, that the electric barn cleaner was not functioning on July 27, 1994. Observing the electrical panel box servicing the barn,* Przestrzelski noticed charring between…
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