Legal Opinion
Lopez v. New York City Housing Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 12, 1998PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Kenneth Thompson, Jr., J.), entered December 11, 1997, which, in an action by a tenant against her landlord for personal injuries sustained in a slip and fall on a staircase leading from the lobby to the exit of the building, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The deposition testimony of plaintiff and her mother as to the frequent accumulations of garbage on the staircase over weekends when it was used by “a lot of guys hanging out there and partying and drinking”, coupled with the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Ramos v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Ginsberg v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
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