Legal Opinion
Sykes v. Rutgers
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided February 23, 1998PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
LONG, P.J.A.D.
In 1994, plaintiff Tanisha Sykes (“Sykes”) was a student at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (“Rutgers”). Sykes lived in a dormitory apartment on Rutgers’ Busch Campus in New Brunswick. On the morning of February 3,1994, at approximately 11:00 a.m., Sykes went out to Parking Lot # 58 to start her car. When her car would not start, she headed back to her dormitory. On the way, she slipped and fell on an “accumulation of ice” in the parking lot and was injured.
On September 21,1995, Sykes filed a complaint against Rutgers alleging…
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- Rochinsky v. State of NJ, Dept. of Transp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- Miehl v. DARPINOSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1968
- Bligen v. Jersey City Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1993
- Rossi v. Borough of HaddonfieldNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1997
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