Legal Opinion
Burlingame v. Hefti
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 13, 1992PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Order unanimously reversed on the law with costs, motion denied and complaint reinstated. Memorandum: Plaintiff was found lying on the ground seriously injured underneath the bedroom window of his third floor apartment. The window had been broken and removed a few weeks earlier and had not been replaced by the defendants, who are the landlords. Plaintiff acknowledged in his deposition testimony that he was very intoxicated on the evening of the accident and could not recall how the accident occurred because he blacked out. Supreme Court granted defendants summary judgment on the ground that…
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