Legal Opinion
Amaya v. L'Hommedieu
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 26, 2004PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Underwood, J.), dated February 7, 2003, which granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly determined that the sole proximate cause of the plaintiffs injuries was his putting his left hand under the subject lawnmower while the blades of the *639lawnmower were still moving (see Liriano v Hobart Corp., 92 NY2d 232 [1998]; Derdiarian v Felix Contr. Corp., 51 NY2d 308…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Derdiarian v. Felix Contracting Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Liriano v. Hobart Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1998
- Breem v. Long Island Lighting Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Scardefield v. Telsmith, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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