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Modolo v. Fleischmann

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 21, 2004
8 A.D.3d 539 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)

Opinion

2003-02923.

Decided June 21, 2004.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jackson, J.), dated February 27, 2003, which, inter alia, granted the defendants' separate motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Martin Druyan, New York, N.Y., for appellant.

Quirk and Bakalor, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Susan S. You and H. Nicholas Goodman of counsel), for respondent Ruth Fleischmann.

Hoey, King, Toker Epstein, New York, N.Y. (Danielle M. Regan of counsel), for respondent Jeanne Fleischmann.

Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, REINALDO E. RIVERA, ROBERT A. LIFSON, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs.

Contrary to the plaintiff's contentions, the defendants made a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law ( see Alvarez v. Prospect Hosp., 68 N.Y.2d 320; Zuckerman v. City of New York, 49 N.Y.2d 557). In opposition, there was no showing by the plaintiff that the theory of "inherent compulsion" is applicable here ( see Benitez v. New York City Bd. of Educ., 73 N.Y.2d 650, 658). Thus, the Supreme Court properly granted the defendants' separate motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

The plaintiff's remaining contentions are without merit.

SANTUCCI, J.P., SCHMIDT, RIVERA and LIFSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Modolo v. Fleischmann

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 21, 2004
8 A.D.3d 539 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
Case details for

Modolo v. Fleischmann

Case Details

Full title:LUCILLA MODOLO, appellant, v. RUTH FLEISCHMANN, ET AL., respondents

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jun 21, 2004

Citations

8 A.D.3d 539 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
778 N.Y.S.2d 718

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