37 Cited authorities

  1. Gordon v. American Museum of Natural History

    67 N.Y.2d 836 (N.Y. 1986)   Cited 3,224 times
    Holding that the defendant was not on constructive notice because there was no evidence that the defendant or anyone else observed the dangerous condition before the plaintiff's fall
  2. Basso v. Miller

    40 N.Y.2d 233 (N.Y. 1976)   Cited 1,942 times
    Holding that under New York law, a landowner has a duty to maintain his property in a reasonably safe condition considering all of the circumstances including the likelihood and seriousness of the injury, and the burden of avoiding the risk
  3. Solomon v. City of New York

    66 N.Y.2d 1026 (N.Y. 1985)   Cited 720 times
    Referring only to proximate causation
  4. Nallan v. Helmsley-Spear Inc.

    50 N.Y.2d 507 (N.Y. 1980)   Cited 850 times
    Holding that a commercial landlord has a duty to take reasonable precautionary measures to minimize the risk of foreseeable criminal activity and to make the premises safe for the visiting public
  5. Derosa v. City of New York

    30 A.D.3d 323 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)   Cited 322 times
    Holding that the "proof must permit a finding of proximate cause `based not upon speculation, but upon the logical inferences to be drawn from the evidence'"
  6. Mitchell v. New York University

    12 A.D.3d 200 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)   Cited 158 times

    4559 November 9, 2004. Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Douglas McKeon, J.), entered March 24, 2004, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted so much of defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's Labor Law § 241 (6) claims against both defendants and his Labor Law § 200 and common-law negligence claims against defendant New York University only, unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of granting dismissal of the Labor Law § 200 and common-law

  7. Murphy v. Conner

    84 N.Y.2d 969 (N.Y. 1994)   Cited 174 times
    Affirming grant of summary judgment where plaintiff offered no evidence of the reason for her fall other than the tiles being smooth, such as the tiles being wet, covered with debris, or recently polished or waxed
  8. Messina v. City of New York

    300 A.D.2d 121 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)   Cited 136 times
    Holding that a hole that is 2 feet wide, 3 or 4 feet deep, and 15 feet long, constituted a hazardous opening
  9. Simmons v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    84 N.Y.2d 972 (N.Y. 1994)   Cited 167 times
    Finding no constructive notice where no evidence of origin or duration of patch of ice on which plaintiff slipped
  10. Gibbs v. Port Authority of New York

    17 A.D.3d 252 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)   Cited 117 times
    Outlining the general contours of premises liability
  11. Section 600.10 - Format and content of records, appendices and briefs

    N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 22 § 600.10   Cited 11 times

    (a) Form and size. (1) Generally; paper and page size. Records, appendices and briefs shall be reproduced by any method that produces a permanent, legible, black on white copy and shall be on a good grade of white, opaque, unglazed recycled paper that satisfies the requirements of subdivision (e) of this section. Paper shall measure vertically 11 inches on the bound edge and horizontally 81/2 inches. The clerk may refuse to accept for filing a paper which is not legible or otherwise does not comply