Legal Opinion

Cassizzi v. Fordham University

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

Decided December 27, 2012Published

1Opinion of the Court

Dismissal of the complaint was warranted in this action for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff Nicholas Cassizzi when, while descending stairs within a building on defendant’s campus, he fell down the stairs. Although any alleged inconsistency in plaintiffs deposition testimony as to how the accident occurred, and whether his foot touched the stair before he fell, raised issues of credibility that are for a trier of fact (see Cuevas *646v City of New York, 32 AD3d 372, 373 [1st Dept 2006]; Francis v New York City Tr. Auth., 295 AD2d 164 [1st Dept 2002]), the photographs of the subject stair…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cuevas v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  2. Cintron v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  3. Gaud v. MarkhamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  4. Francis v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002

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