Muallem v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Mollen, P. J.
This appeal calls upon the court to re-examine a series of cases in which infant plaintiffs were denied recovery as a matter of law for injuries sustained while riding bicycles on public sidewalks. The essential question presented is whether the holdings of those cases remain valid in light of recent pronouncements by the Court of Appeals concerning fundamental principles of tort law. We turn first to a review of the pertinent facts which, for the purposes of this appeal, are not in serious dispute.
On June 11, 1970, nine-year-old Daniel Muallem was riding his…
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