Legal Opinion
Wilk v. Genesee & Wyoming Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 9, 2007PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Christopher J. Burns, J.), entered September 29, 2006. The order denied defendants’ motions seeking dismissal of the complaint.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously reversed on the law without costs, the motions are granted and the complaint is dismissed.
Memorandum: Plaintiffs commenced this action seeking damages for injuries allegedly sustained by James Wilk (plaintiff) at work, while he was repairing a railcar. We conclude that Supreme Court erred in denying defendants’ motions…
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