Legal Opinion
Palka v. Servicemaster Management Services Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 1, 1993PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtMahoney, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court *639(Mycek, J.), entered April 1, 1992 in Saratoga County, upon a verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff.
In October 1987 plaintiff, a registered nurse employed by Ellis Hospital in the City of Schenectady, Schenectady County, was on duty and was assisting a patient into bed when a 12-inch, oscillating, wall-mounted fan at the foot of the bed fell and struck her on the head. The resultant injuries she sustained furnished the occasion for the instant negligence action against defendant, which had contracted with the hospital in 1985 to manage hospital…
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- Burns Jackson Miller Summit & Spitzer v. LindnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Port Chester Electrical Construction Corp. v. AtlasNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Eaves Brooks Costume Co. v. Y.B.H. Realty Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Bourk v. National CleaningAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Palka v. Servicemaster Management Services Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1994