Legal Opinion
Atanasoff v. Elmont Union Free School District
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 23, 2005PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Joseph, J.), dated May 5, 2004, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
The plaintiff was injured when he fell attempting to climb through a locked gate located at the rear of the defendant’s Gotham Avenue Elementary School property. The gates were fastened together with a chain attached to a metal pole. According to the…
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