Legal Opinion

Vega v. Hastings Partners

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

Decided March 2, 1998PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Fredman, J.), entered July 3, 1997, which denied her motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court properly identified numerous issues of fact that preclude an award of judgment as a matter of law in this negligence case. Most significantly, there is an issue of fact concerning whether the defendants had notice of the separation of the stairway handrail from the newel post (see,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Van Wormer v. BarrAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  2. Baldino v. Long Island Rail RoadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  3. Weiser v. GumowitzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Lieb v. GuzmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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