Legal Opinion

Vassiliades v. Joseph P. Blitz, Inc.

New York Supreme Court

Decided November 5, 1959PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBenjamin Brenner, J.

Motion by third-party defendant (hereinafter called Westinghouse) to dismiss third-party complaint of the defendant (hereinafter called Blitz) for failure to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. In the main complaint the plaintiff alleges that while he was working for Westinghouse, a subcontractor of the general contractor, Blitz, he fell in an elevator shaft and was injured by reason of the negligence of Blitz ‘ ‘ in allowing and permitting the elevator shaft and the door openings leading thereto to be and remain for a long time, to its knowledge, in a dangerous, careless,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Semanchuck v. Fifth Avenue & 37th Street Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1943
  2. Rufo v. OrlandoNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
  3. Wischnie v. DorschNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
  4. Forman v. UdellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Vassiliades v. Joseph P. Blitz, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Romanoff v. Benjamin Eisenberg Co.New York Supreme Court · 1961
  3. Leika v. ShauAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
  4. Silia v. Peter Kiewit Sons' Co.New York Supreme Court · 1962

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