Legal Opinion
Melton v. Sears & Roebuck Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 18, 1990PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMikoll, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Prior, Jr., J.), entered June 7, 1988 in Albany County, which denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Plaintiff Samuel Melton (hereinafter plaintiff) was injured as a result of a fall which occurred at defendant’s department store in the Town of Colonie, Albany County. Plaintiff commenced this negligence action contending that his injury resulted from defendant’s failure to clean up a vomit-like substance covering the area of the floor some 20 feet inside the entrance doors, thereby creating a hazardous and dangerous…
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