Legal Opinion
Nixon v. Federated Department Stores, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 25, 1991PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Shaw, J.), dated December 21, 1988, which granted the defendant’s motion to change venue from Kings County to Queens County to the extent of, sua sponte, changing the venue of the action to New York County.
Ordered that the order is reversed, with costs, the defendant’s motion is granted, and the action is transferred to Queens County.
After slipping and falling in the Abraham and Strauss department store in Brooklyn, the plaintiff, a Queens resident, sued to recover…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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