Legal Opinion
Basso v. Miller
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 17, 1976PublishedCited by 1,128 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCooke, J.
Ice Caves Mountain, Inc., operates a large scenic park as a tourist attraction on property leased from the Village of Ellenville. During the summer months the premises are open to the public from approximately 8 a.m. until a half hour before dark on the payment of an admission fee. Although the witnesses differed on certain points, the record *236reveals relevant events of the late afternoon and early evening of September 3, 1972.
In the late afternoon of that September day, Jeffrey Shaw-cross, a patron, walked off the main trial up the hillside and fell into a 40-foot crevice, where he remained…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Mounsey v. EllardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Martin v. HerzogNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Martinez v. Kaufman-Kane Realty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Ortiz v. Kinoshita & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1968
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3Cited by1,128 opinions
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- Akins v. Glens Falls City School DistrictNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
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