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In the Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation.--------------------------------Doris Kay Dummitt,, Respondent,v.A.W. Chesterton, et al., Defendants, Crane Co., Appellant.

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130 Cited authorities

  1. Espinal v. Melville Snow Contractors

    98 N.Y.2d 136 (N.Y. 2002)   Cited 1,918 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that contract requiring snow removal service to plow when snow accumulation reached three inches was "not the type of 'comprehensive and exclusive' property maintenance obligation contemplated" by previous case law

  2. Blake v. Neighborhood Hous. Serv. of N.Y.C.

    1 N.Y.3d 280 (N.Y. 2003)   Cited 1,771 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "an accident alone does not establish a Labor Law § 240 violation"

  3. Feres v. United States

    340 U.S. 135 (1950)   Cited 1,442 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the Government is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries to servicemen where the injuries arise out of or are in the course of activity incident to service"

  4. Cohen v. Hallmark Cards

    45 N.Y.2d 493 (N.Y. 1978)   Cited 1,945 times   1 Legal Analyses
    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"

  5. Matter Hearst Corp. v. Clyne

    50 N.Y.2d 707 (N.Y. 1980)   Cited 1,595 times
    Holding that courts are normally precluded from considering questions that, once alive, have become moot by change of circumstances

  6. Crosby v. Hospital Authority of Valdosta

    520 U.S. 1116 (1997)   Cited 223 times
    Holding that a party must assert the same reasons in its Rule 50(b) motion as advanced in its Rule 50 motion

  7. Palka v. Servicemaster Mgt.

    83 N.Y.2d 579 (N.Y. 1994)   Cited 686 times
    Holding third party liable where third party's all-inclusive maintenance contract rendered it the only guarantor of "a safe and clean . . . premises."

  8. Maas v. Cornell University

    94 N.Y.2d 87 (N.Y. 1999)   Cited 565 times
    Holding that Cornell's failure to follow its internal policies and procedures did not provide basis for breach of contract claim

  9. Turcotte v. Fell

    68 N.Y.2d 432 (N.Y. 1986)   Cited 794 times
    Holding that since passage of comparative negligence statute, assumption of risk is now subsumed in question whether defendant owed plaintiff duty of care

  10. Liriano v. Hobart Corp.

    92 N.Y.2d 232 (N.Y. 1998)   Cited 477 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that no duty to warn exists when hazards are known through "general knowledge"

  11. Section 1346 - United States as defendant

    28 U.S.C. § 1346   Cited 24,038 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Determining liability to the claimant "in accordance with the law of the place where the act or omission occurred"