Legal Opinion
Espinal v. Melville Snow Contractors, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 4, 2002PublishedCited by 983 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rosenblatt, J.
Plaintiff has brought this personal injury action against defendant, a company that entered into a snow removal contract with a property owner. We are called upon to determine whether the company may be held liable to plaintiff for injuries she sustained when she slipped and fell on the premises. To decide this appeal, we must determine whether a contractor of this type owes a duty to a third person, such as plaintiff.
On January 28, 1994 plaintiff slipped and fell in a parking lot owned by her employer, Miltope Corporation. Attributing her fall to an “icy…
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