Legal Opinion
Piacquadio v. Recine Realty Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 13, 1994PublishedCited by 289 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and the complaint dismissed.
Plaintiff Helen Piacquadio slipped and fell in defendants’ restaurant on a terrazzo stair where liquid had accumulated to cover an area approximately 10 inches by 6 inches in size. Nothing in the record establishes that the terrazzo was otherwise dangerous or negligently maintained (see, Kline v Abraham, 178 NY 377). Because a "general awareness” that a dangerous condition may be present is legally insufficient to constitute notice of the particular condition that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gordon v. American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Kline v. . AbrahamNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Madrid v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
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