35 Cited authorities

  1. Zuckerman v. City of N.Y.

    49 N.Y.2d 557 (N.Y. 1980)   Cited 24,708 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Granting summary judgment as the city's arguments were considered speculation and this was "patently inadequate to establish the existence of a factual issue requiring a trial . . ."
  2. Runner v. New York Stock Exchange

    2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 9310 (N.Y. 2009)   Cited 996 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Explaining that § 240 “was designed to prevent those types of accidents in which the scaffold, hoist, stay, ladder or other protective device proved inadequate to shield the injured worker from harm directly flowing from the application of the force of gravity to an object or person”
  3. Misicki v. Caradonna

    2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 3764 (N.Y. 2009)   Cited 586 times
    Holding that 12 N.Y.C.R.R. § 23-9.2 imposes a nondelegable duty to make "necessary repairs or replacement" upon discovery of any unsafe condition
  4. Pulka v. Edelman

    40 N.Y.2d 781 (N.Y. 1976)   Cited 921 times
    Holding that parking garage owner had no special relationship to pedestrians passing by on sidewalk in front of garage exit and that garage had no duty to protect off-premise pedestrians from negligent conduct of patrons
  5. Hamilton v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.

    96 N.Y.2d 222 (N.Y. 2001)   Cited 386 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that handgun manufacturers do not owe a duty of reasonable care in the marketing and distribution of their handguns to persons injured or killed through the use of illegally obtained handguns, but leaving open the question of retailers' liability
  6. Voss v. Black & Decker Manufacturing Co.

    59 N.Y.2d 102 (N.Y. 1983)   Cited 670 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that " manufacturer is held liable regardless of his lack of actual knowledge of the condition of the product because he is in the superior position to discover any design defects and alter the design before making the product available to the public"
  7. D'Amico v. Christie

    71 N.Y.2d 76 (N.Y. 1987)   Cited 466 times
    Holding that application of dram shop law "requires a commercial sale of alcohol"
  8. Martin v. City of Cohoes

    37 N.Y.2d 162 (N.Y. 1975)   Cited 553 times
    Stating that in the absence of strong countervailing public policy, parties may consent to the law that is to be applied to the case
  9. Robinson v. Reed-Prentice

    49 N.Y.2d 471 (N.Y. 1980)   Cited 422 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the defendant was not strictly liable for defective design where evidence established that when the defendant sold the molding machine, the machine was not defective, and had the machine been left intact, the machine's safety gate and connecting interlocks would have rendered the predicate accident an impossibility
  10. Schneider v. Kings Highway Hospital Center

    67 N.Y.2d 743 (N.Y. 1986)   Cited 350 times
    Finding plaintiff established prima facie case through evidence that it was more likely that hospital worker rather than plaintiff lowered guardrails on hospital bed
  11. Section 500.1 - General requirements

    N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 22 § 500.1   Cited 1 times

    (a) All papers shall comply with applicable statutes and rules, particularly the signing requirement of section 130-1.1 -a of this Title. (b) Papers filed. Papers filed means briefs, papers submitted pursuant to sections 500.10 and 500.11 of this Part, motion papers, records and appendices. (c) Method of reproduction. All papers filed may be reproduced by any method that produces a permanent, legible, black image on white paper. Reproduction on both sides of the paper is encouraged. (d) Designation