Legal Opinion

Morrissey v. Simmons

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

Decided March 23, 1987Published

1Opinion of the Court

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Marasco, J.), dated September 16, 1985, as denied his cross motion for summary judgment.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

A review of the record indicates that there are triable issues of fact relating to the infant defendant’s striking the infant plaintiff, Kathleen Morrissey, in the eye with a snowball (see, Sillman v Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., 3 NY2d 395; Thorne v Burr, 41 AD2d…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Sillman v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
  2. Andre v. PomeroyNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  3. Thorne v. BurrAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973

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