Legal Opinion

Hendricks v. 691 Eighth Avenue Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 11, 1996PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Paula Omansky, J.), entered on or about January 24, 1995, which, in a slip and fall case, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The affidavits of defendants’ employees that they did not observe any liquid on the stairs of their store leading to the basement, or receive any complaints about the stairs on the day in question, and indeed were not even aware of the incident until receipt of letter from plaintiff’s attorney some five months later, were sufficient to establish defendants’…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Alvarez v. Prospect HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. Gordon v. American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York Court of Appeals · 1986

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Jenkins v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  2. Strowman v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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