Legal Opinion
Petty v. Harran Transportation Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 2, 2002PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Carter, J.), dated December 6, 2001, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The defendant in this slip-and-fall case succeeded in establishing its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by offering sufficient evidence demonstrating the absence of any triable issue of fact (see Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320). In opposition, the plaintiffs failed to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Alvarez v. Prospect HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Gordon v. American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Piacquadio v. Recine Realty Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1994
- Kraemer v. K-Mart CorporationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Yearwood v. Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Evans v. MTA/New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Simpson v. City of New York Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Taylor v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005