Legal Opinion

Purcell v. New York World's Fair 1964/1965 Corp.

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

Decided January 12, 1970Published

1Opinion of the Court

In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, medical expenses, etc., defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau ‘County, entered January 20, 1969 in favor of plaintiffs upon a jury verdict. Judgment affirmed, with costs. Plaintiff Rosemary Purcell, while walking, as a business invitee, in a parking lot operated and maintained by defendant on its fair grounds, tripped and fell over a vertical pavement rise therein of about two inches. The rise had been created by blacktop macadam placed on the top of part of the original blacktop pavement in the lot, so…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Loughran v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
  2. Wilson v. Jaybro Realty & Development Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1943
  3. Moshier v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
  4. Carbin v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1950

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