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Vargas v. Schiavitti

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 12, 1999
263 A.D.2d 480 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Opinion

Submitted May 11, 1999

July 12, 1999

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Berke, J.), dated June 10, 1998, which granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Fine Hummel, P.C., Huntington, N.Y. (Ralph A. Hummel of counsel), for appellant.

Laykind Summers, Franklin Square, N.Y. (Evan B. Cohen of counsel), for respondent.

DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, ANITA R. FLORIO, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is denied, and the complaint is reinstated.

The defendant, as the proponent of a motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, had the initial burden of demonstrating a prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law ( see, Winegrad v. New York Univ. Med. Center, 64 N.Y.2d 851). This burden was not met.


Summaries of

Vargas v. Schiavitti

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 12, 1999
263 A.D.2d 480 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
Case details for

Vargas v. Schiavitti

Case Details

Full title:VIDALITA VARGAS, appellant, v. MARIA SCHIAVITTI, respondent

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

Date published: Jul 12, 1999

Citations

263 A.D.2d 480 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
691 N.Y.S.2d 920