Legal Opinion
Palka v. Servicemaster Management Services Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 5, 1994PublishedCited by 384 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
Plaintiff-appellant Palka, a registered nurse employed by Ellis Hospital in the City of Schenectady, was injured in 1987 while performing her nursing duties. An oscillating wall-mounted fan fell on her from its wooden mount as she attended to a patient. The nurse’s negligence action against defendant Servicemaster Management Services Corporation derives from that company’s contractual obligations to the hospital, for a biweekly payment of $91,207, to develop and implement a maintenance program for the hospital premises, among other specified functions. The…
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