O'Grady v. New York City Housing Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Lowe, III, J.), entered March 5, 1998, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion denied and the complaint reinstated.
Plaintiff firefighter was injured when, while ascending stairs in response to an alarm at defendant’s Bronx residential premises, he slipped on liquid leaking from an open bag of garbage. He sued for damages under both statutory and common-law theories of negligence.
General Municipal Law § 205-a creates a cause of action for firefighters where injury…
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