Legal Opinion
Johnstone v. First Class Management of New York, LLC
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 7, 2016No. 521619PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCarthy, J.P.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Schick, J.), entered October 17, 2014 in Sullivan County, which granted plaintiffs’ motion to set aside a verdict in favor of defendant and ordered a new trial.
Plaintiff Mark Johnstone and, derivatively, his spouse commenced this personal injury action based on allegations that Johnstone had fallen down a set of stairs as the result of the negligent maintenance of a rental property, which was owned by defendant. The action proceeded to trial solely on the issue of liability, after which the jury returned a verdict that defendant was not…
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