Legal Opinion
Mangra v. China Airlines, Ltd.
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided February 16, 2005PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Charles J. Markey, J.
The legal issue of first impression in this state is whether a *500“hi-lo forklift” constitutes a motor vehicle for purposes of New York Insurance Law sections governing vehicular accidents.
Defendant China Airlines, Ltd. leased a warehouse and a forklift at John F. Kennedy International Airport located in Queens County, New York. Defendant Worldwide Flight Services, Inc. was an independent contractor of China, engaged to handle all of China’s ground operations. The plaintiff, Rodney Mangra, was injured when, on November 13, 2000, while at China’s building…
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