Legal Opinion
Velez v. Sebco Laundry Systems, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 16, 2001No. 00 CIV. 5027 SHSPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEIN, District Judge.
Jennifer Velez brings this diversity action against Sebeo Laundry Systems, Inc. for injuries she suffered when a glass door fell out of a clothes dryer owned by Sebeo and landed on plaintiffs foot. Sebeo moves for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c) on the grounds that Velez has failed to produce legally sufficient evidence to support a finding that Sebeo was negligent. That motion should be granted: (1) because the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, which allows the finder of fact to infer negligence simply from the fact that an event occurred, does not…
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