Legal Opinion
Wedlock v. Troncoso
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 5, 2000PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Joseph J. Maltese, J.
The plaintiff claims that the defendants’ fence wasn’t a proper fence — that it was dangerous and improperly maintained and caused his injury. But what is a proper fence? What is its purpose? How should it be constructed? How strong must it be? These are some of the issues in this case.
Facts
On the afternoon of June 4, 1996, the plaintiff, Stephen Wedlock, a police officer, along with fellow officers, was pursuing a suspected drug dealer who had climbed and alighted from a fence surrounding a vacant lot owned by the defendants and continued to flee.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Lusenskas v. AxelrodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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