Legal Opinion
Ackert v. V.A.W. of America, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 23, 1998PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Yesawich Jr., J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Torraca, J.), entered June 3, 1997 in Ulster County, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
This action arises from an incident in which plaintiff Brian Ackert (hereinafter plaintiff) fell off the edge of a truck scale located on defendant’s premises in the Village of Ellenville, Ulster County. After parking his tractor-trailer on the scale, which was approximately 18 inches above ground level, plaintiff began to climb down from the cab so the vehicle could be weighed. As he stepped onto the…
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