Legal Opinion
Bernstein v. City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 4, 1987PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1021OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and the complaint dismissed.
Plaintiff slipped and fell while crossing an intersection near a Bronx bus stop, and fractured his kneecap. At the trial of his negligence action, plaintiff testified that after attempting to stand up, he slipped again and fell in the sam,e spot. He then swept away "a dusting of powdered snow” on the street and discovered a sheet of ice two-feet long, six- to seven-inches wide and at most a half-inch thick. A field foreman for the New York City Department of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Schneider v. Kings Highway Hospital Center, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Ingersoll v. Liberty Bank of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Dillon v. Rockaway Beach Hospital & DispensaryNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- Digelormo v. WeilNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Feblot v. New York Times Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1973
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3Cited by136 opinions
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- Teplitskaya v. 3096 Owners Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Capraro v. Staten Island University HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
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