Legal Opinion
Espriel v. New York Downtown Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 8, 2002PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Louis York, J.), entered July 11, 2001, upon a jury verdict, in defendant’s favor, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff testified that on a snowy day he sustained injury when, shortly after entering defendant hospital, he slipped and *166fell on a wet area of the hospital’s lobby floor. However, the trial evidence, fairly considered, supports the verdict in defendant’s favor given the paucity of evidence that defendant had notice, actual or constructive, of the alleged hazard (see Nicastro v Park, 113 AD2d 129, 134; and see Piacquadio v Recine…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Mashley v. KerrNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Blair v. Martin'sAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Zuppardo v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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