Legal Opinion
Adeleke v. County of Suffolk
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 20, 2017No. 2015-09047PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Pitts J.), dated June 30, 2015, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff, while an inmate at a medium security correctional facility in the County of Suffolk, became embroiled in an altercation with an inmate who had been assigned to distribute lunch to the other inmates. A number of other inmates joined in the fray. There was one corrections officer assigned to the dormitory…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Zuckerman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Winegrad v. New York University Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Sanchez v. State of NYNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
- Brown v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- Serpa v. County of NassauAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
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