Legal Opinion
Gniewek v. Consolidated Edison Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 24, 2000PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Dye, J.), dated March 17, 1999, which denied his motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
It is well established that summary judgment will be granted only if there are no triable issues of fact (see, Sillman v Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., 3 NY2d 395, 404). Issue finding, rather than issue determination, is the key to summary judgment (see, Krupp v Aetna Life & Cas. Co., 103 AD2d 252, 261). The…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sillman v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
- S. J. Capelin Associates, Inc. v. Globe Manufacturing Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Krupp v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Drago v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Watso v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Mobile Communications Plus, Inc. v. Eisner Computer Solutions, L. L. C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Toriola v. Ha Dong HyunAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2000