Legal Opinion

Laing v. City of New York

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

Decided September 8, 1987PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lerner, J.), entered June 6, 1986, as, upon the respondent’s motion, dismissed the complaint insofar as it was asserted against it at the end of the plaintiff’s opening statement.

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

The plaintiff instituted this action to recover damages resulting from his fall over an allegedly raised section of sidewalk. The plaintiff contends that a tree…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Albano v. KirbyNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. Zigman v. Town of HempsteadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  3. Cipriano v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  4. Freeman v. County of NassauAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Conlon v. Village of PleasantvilleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  2. Kelly v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  3. Kempler v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  4. Cavallo v. Utica-Watertown Health Ins. Co., Inc.District Court, N.D. New York · 1998
  5. Cohen v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

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