Legal Opinion
Buchholz v. Trump 767 Fifth Avenue, LLC
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 9, 2005PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Read, J.
The events precipitating this lawsuit took place on St. Patrick’s Day, 1999. After lunching and watching the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, decedent Douglas Buchholz and three coworkers returned to their employer’s offices on the thirteenth floor of the full-block, 50-story General Motors tower at 767 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Decedent, who weighed over 200 pounds, and one of his three coworkers eventually got caught up in “play fighting.” Shortly after 7:00 p.m., decedent was “pushed” and “fell through” the center panel of a three-panel bay window. He plunged to his…
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