Legal Opinion
Skates v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 28, 2003PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Plug, J.), dated March 21, 2002, as granted the motion of the defendant City of New York for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against it.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The plaintiff alleges that she tripped and fell as a result of a defective condition in a roadway in Queens. The City of New York established its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that it neither…
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