Legal Opinion
Valle v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 19, 1960PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJ. Irwin Shapiro, J.
The trial of this action having resulted in a disagreement, defendant City of New York, pursuant to section 457-a of the Civil Practice Act, renewed the motion for a directed verdict in its favor which it had made at the conclusion of the testimony.
The evidence discloses that plaintiff Louise Valle caught her foot in a hole on the public sidewalk on Jamaica Avenue, between 149th and 150th Streets, in Queens, on February 4, 1955. Plaintiff described the hole and its dimensions and introduced a photograph purporting to show the defective condition of the sidewalk at the time she sustained her…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Farrell v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Marcus v. Manhattan Beach Parks Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936
- Gibbons v. City of New YorkCity of New York Municipal Court · 1951
- Orser v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
3Cited by6 opinions
- Word v. City of St. LouisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
- Mamie McDermot and John F. McDermot v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- McCoy v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
- Shapiro v. Hotel Corp. of AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1966
- Batton v. ElghanayanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
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