Legal Opinion
Lawrence v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 24, 1981PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J. P.
On February 2, 1971, plaintiff was employed as a fireman by the New York City Fire Department. While on a break in the backyard of premises where he and other fire *486fighters had been fighting a fire in the building thereon, plaintiff was struck by a couch pushed or thrown from the building. On or about February 8, 1972, plaintiff brought the within action against the appellant City of New York (hereinafter the city). An amended complaint was served on or about May 24, 1978.
Although there was some evidence respecting the failure of the city to have had a lookout…
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- Stringham v. . HiltonNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
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