Perretti v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order and judgment (one paper) of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lerner, J.), dated October 21, 1986, which, upon a trial ruling granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint, made immediately after the plaintiffs opening statement, dismissed the plaintiffs complaint.
Ordered that the order and judgment is affirmed, with costs.
While it is true that dismissals after a plaintiffs opening statement are not favored (see, Seminara v Iadanza, 131 AD2d 457; O’Leary v American…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Benjamin v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
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