Legal Opinion
Gordon v. American Museum of Natural History
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 25, 1986PublishedCited by 1,631 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, the complaint dismissed and the certified question answered in the negative.
Plaintiff was injured when he fell on defendant’s front entrance steps. He testified that as he descended the upper level of steps he slipped on the third step and that while he was in midair he observed a piece of white, waxy paper next to his left foot. He alleges that this paper came from the concession stand that defendant had contracted to have present and which was located on the plaza separating the two tiers of…
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