Legal Opinion

Cowsert v. Macy's East, Inc.

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

Decided December 9, 2010PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMalone Jr., J.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Caruso, J.), entered October 28, 2009 in Schenectady County, which denied a motion by defendants Bay State Elevator Company and Elevator Sales and Services, Inc. for summary judgment dismissing the complaint against them.

Plaintiff commenced this action seeking damages for injuries sustained by her infant daughter on an escalator in a store operated by defendant Macy’s East, Inc. As is relevant here, Macy’s contracted with defendant ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation to maintain the escalator, and ThyssenKrupp, in turn, subcontracted with defendants…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Espinal v. Melville Snow Contractors, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 2002
  2. Palka v. Servicemaster Management Services Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1994
  3. Parker v. Rust Plant Services, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  4. Goodspeed v. Adirondack Medical CenterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007

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