Legal Opinion · Dissent

Luis v. Church of St. Angela Merici

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

Decided June 3, 1976Published

1Dissent

Murphy, J. (dissenting). I

disagree and vote to reverse the interlocutory judgment on appeal and to dismiss the complaint.

On the critical day in issue, September 22, 1971, othe 13-year-old plaintiff, an eighth grader at defendant’s grammar school, was requested, with a companion, to bring in the milk from the inner yard (where it had been left by the supplier) to the cafeteria. Each carton was about 18 inches wide, a foot long and a foot high and was filled with 35 half-pint containers of milk.

To reach the cafeteria, plaintiff had to walk down two separate concrete flights of stairs, one of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ohman v. Board of Educ. of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1949
  2. Rivera v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1962
  3. Hoose v. S. S. DrummNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
  4. Applebaum v. B.E. of the City N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1948
  5. Feuerstein v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1961

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