Legal Opinion
Nargi v. Parking Associates Corp.
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided November 1, 1962PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGuy Gilbert Ribaudo, J.
This case involves the question whether a parking lot operator at La Buardia Airport is liable for damage to plaintiff’s automobile caused when it was stolen from the lot, where plaintiff parked, locked and left it.
The lot involved has fences on two sides and there is a stream or gully at the rear. There is an unfenced curb running about 800 feet along the front of the lot.
Anyone could walk into the lot at any point along the front, and a car could be driven over the curb onto the main roadway. In fact an American Airlines employee is said to have seen the plaintiff’s car being driven over…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Osborn v. ClineNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- Henderson v. Park Central Motors Service, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1930
- Potomac Insurance v. DonovanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1949
- Dunham v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942
- Arnold v. Kensington Plaza Garages, Inc., New York County Courts1943
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Equity Mutual Insurance Co. v. Affiliated Parking, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1969
- Wall v. Airport Parking Co. of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1967
- Continental Insurance v. Meyers Bros. Operations Inc.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1968
- Makower v. Kinney SystemCivil Court of the City of New York · 1971
- Garlock v. Multiple Parking Services, Inc.Buffalo City Court · 1980
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