Legal Opinion

Rapoport v. City of New York

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

Decided December 16, 1952PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Per curiam

Defendant, City of New York, appeals from a judgment upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs for the sum of $15,000.

Plaintiff, Beckie Rapoport, was injured on December 30,1947, by slipping on an accumulation of snow and ice on the sidewalk in front of a dwelling house on Teller Avenue between 169th and 170th Streets, in the borough of The Bronx. The accident occurred less than ninety hours after the termination of the record-breaking blizzard of December 26, 1947, during which there fell 25.8 inches of snow and 2.67 inches of other precipitation. It was the greatest snowfall ever recorded…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Reutlinger v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
  2. Yonki v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
  3. Kirsch v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1942
  4. Reutlinger v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
  5. Kirsch v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Valentine v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  2. Amelchenko v. Borough of FreeholdSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1964
  3. Smith v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
  4. Sisson v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1964
  5. Christenson v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1969

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