Legal Opinion
Velazquez v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 29, 2009PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Nicholas Figueroa, J.), entered October 23, 2007, which dismissed the complaint pursuant to a trial order granting defendants’ motion at the conclusion of plaintiffs case for judgment as a matter of law, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion denied, the complaint reinstated, and the case remanded for a new trial.
Plaintiff, a home attendant, allegedly was injured in a mishap that occurred as her client was carried down a stairway by two emergency medical services (EMS) workers employed by the municipal defendants. The EMS workers…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Wagner v. International Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Haddock v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Sagorsky v. MalyonNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Provenzo v. SamNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- McCummings v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
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