Legal Opinion
Lievano v. Browning School
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 21, 1999PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Beverly Cohen, J.), entered February 24, 1999, which, in an action for personal injuries sustained in a fall on a staircase in defendant-appellant’s premises, insofar as appealed from, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
An issue of fact as to whether plaintiffs fall was proximately caused by defectively designed staircase handrails is raised by plaintiffs statement that when she felt she was about to fall she tried to hold onto something but found nothing (compare,…
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- Lynn v. LynnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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