Legal Opinion

Crawford v. Smithtown Central School District

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

Decided January 31, 2012PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

*900The plaintiff’s infant daughter allegedly sustained personal injuries when she tripped and fell over a rock or a piece of asphalt in the schoolyard of her elementary school during her lunch recess. The defendant Smithtown Central School District (hereinafter the defendant) established its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that it did not create or have actual or constructive notice of the alleged condition which proximately caused the accident (see Gordon v American Museum of Natural History, 67 NY2d 836 [1986]). In opposition, the plaintiff failed to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Gordon v. American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. Medina v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  3. Horn v. HiresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

3Cited by1 opinion

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