Legal Opinion

Mendoza v. One Fordham Plaza, LLC

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 12, 2011Published

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Geoffrey D. Wright, J.), entered February 17, 2010, which, in this action for personal injuries, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed on the law, without costs.

Plaintiff has raised questions of fact regarding whether the defective condition involves more than just a height differential between the sidewalk flags, namely an overly and improperly sloped sidewalk, and thus we cannot conclude that the defect is trivial as a matter of law (Cela v Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 286 AD2d 640, 641 [2001]; Nin v…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Gordon v. American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. Nin v. BernardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  3. Cela v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

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