Legal Opinion

Nelson v. Town of Hempstead

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

Decided April 14, 1997PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Schmidt, J.), dated March 4, 1996, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary jüdgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The infant plaintiff allegedly slipped on sand left near a curb after the defendant Town of Hempstead (hereinafter the Town) had swept the sand from Lenox Road in Baldwin, New York, following a snowstorm. The court dismissed the complaint for failure to establish that the Town had prior written…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Albanese v. Town of HempsteadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  2. Herman v. Town of HuntingtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hepburn v. CroceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  2. Polak v. GomesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

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