Legal Opinion
Fields v. S & W Realty Associates
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 27, 2003PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Steinhardt, J.), dated November 20, 2001, which granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiffs allege that the defendants were negligent in failing to install a smoke detector in an apartment where a fire occurred. The defendants met their initial burden of establishing their entitlement to judgment as a matter of law (see generally Winegrad v New York Univ. Med. Ctr.,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Zuckerman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Winegrad v. New York University Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Acevedo v. Audubon Management, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Mendez v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
3Cited by8 opinions
- Ioffe v. Hampshire House Apartment Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- Ciccarelli v. Cotira, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- Cohen v. CASSM Realty Corp.New York Supreme Court · 2016
- Curry v. 1716 Avenue T Realty, LLCAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- FTBK Investor II LLC v. Genesis Holding LLCNew York Supreme Court · 2014
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