Witherspoon v. Columbia University
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Knipel, J.), entered February 11, 2003, which, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the defendant and against her.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is granted, with costs to abide the event.
On January 29, 2000, the plaintiff slipped and fell on ice while walking across an open courtyard on the defendant’s campus. The plaintiff testified that she could have taken an alternate route along a pathway under an overhang. The plaintiff…
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