Vega v. Restani Constr. Corp.

Affirming denial of summary judgment

Derdiarian v. Felix Contr Co.

Holding that the negligence of a driver did not negate a contractor's failure to safeguard an excavation site, and that "[b]ecause questions concerning what is foreseeable and what is normal may be the subject of varying inferences, as is the question of negligence itself, these issues generally are for the fact finder to resolve"

Cohen v. Hallmark Cards

Holding that the standard of review in assessing a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict is whether there is "simply no valid line of reasoning and permissible inferences which could possibly lead rational [people] to the conclusion reached by the jury on the basis of the evidence at trial"

Ortiz v. Varsity Holdings, LLC

Denying the plaintiff's cross motion for summary judgment on his § 240 claim where there is any issue of fact as to whether there is an enumerated safety device that could have prevented his fall

Szczerbiak v. Pilat

Finding that the police officer's striking a pedestrian, while glancing down from the road momentarily to turn on his emergency lights, was "a momentary judgment lapse," which did not alone rise to the level of recklessness

Amatulli v. Delhi Constr Corp.

Holding that a pool manufacturer was not held liable for injuries sustained when a plaintiff dove headfirst into a shallow above-ground pool where the manufacturer provided explicit instructions requiring above-ground installation but the user installed the pool in the ground thereby obscuring the shallow nature of the pool's depth

Voss v. Black & Decker Manufacturing Co.

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"

Robinson v. Reed-Prentice

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

Schneider v. Kings Highway Hospital Center

Finding plaintiff established prima facie case through evidence that it was more likely that hospital worker rather than plaintiff lowered guardrails on hospital bed

Micallef v. Miehle Co.

Rejecting obviousness of the danger as a complete bar to negligence claims but retaining it with respect to strict product liability claims

Section 500.11 - Alternative procedure for selected appeals

Section 500.22 - Motions for permission to appeal in civil cases