Legal Opinion

Serrano v. New York City Housing Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 6, 2000PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bertram Katz, J.), entered July 29, 1998, which, in an action for personal injuries allegedly caused by a dangerous fence on defendant’s property, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion was properly granted. The nine-year-old plaintiff testified at his deposition that he had crossed over the allegedly dangerous rope-chain fence bordering a walkway on *231defendant’s housing complex countless times in the past without incident, including at least twice on the day he tripped over…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Pepic v. Joco Realty, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  2. Ortiz v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Meola v. Metro Demolition Contracting Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  2. Garcia v. New York City Industrial Development AgencyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  3. Fraguarda v. M&M of Bruckner, Inc.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2004
  4. Yannetti v. Hammerstein BallroomAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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