Capraro v. Staten Island University Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Green-stein, J.), dated December 9, 1996, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
The plaintiff was sitting with her two-year-old nephew in a waiting room at the defendant hospital when the child suddenly started towards a set of automatic sliding doors in the vestibule. The plaintiff tripped while trying to grab the boy’s…
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