Legal Opinion

Mercer v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 29, 1996PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jackson, J., at liability trial; Bernstein, J., at damages trial), dated July 2, 1993, which is in favor of the plaintiffs and against it in the principal sum of $29,000.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the complaint is dismissed.

The plaintiff Raymond Mercer was allegedly injured when he slipped and fell in a large puddle of grease which had accumulated on the floor of a garage facility owned and operated by the New York City…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Gordon v. American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. Piacquadio v. Recine Realty Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1994
  3. Lewis v. Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. Simmons v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  5. Lewis v. Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984

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3Cited by44 opinions

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  3. Ortega v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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