Legal Opinion
Litchhult v. Reiss
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 14, 1992PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarvey, J.
Appeal (transferred *1068to this court by order of the Appellate Division, Second Department) from an order of the Supreme Court (Miller, J.), entered February 12, 1991 in Orange County, which denied defendant County of Orange’s motion, inter alia, to dismiss the complaints against it.
On November 16, 1989, at approximately 12:30 p.m., a wall collapsed in the cafeteria of the East Coldenham Elementary School in defendant Orange County (hereinafter the County) after it was struck by a tornado or high wind. Plaintiffs’ decedents were among the 30 students killed or injured that day. Apparently,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Vitale v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
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