Lewis v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Evelina Lewis v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Lewis v. Metro. Transp. Auth., 474 N.E.2d 612 (N.Y. 1984)

Court: New York Court of Appeals · State Highest Courts
Decided: December 11, 1984
Citations: 474 N.E.2d 61264 N.Y.2d 670485 N.Y.S.2d 2521984 N.Y. LEXIS 4927

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Opinion of the Court

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OPINION OF THE COURT

Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the opinion by Justice Bentley Kassal at the Appellate Division ( 99 AD2d 246 ).

Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Jones, Wachtler, Meyer, Simons and Kaye.

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(“condition [must have] existed for a sufficient period to afford [landowner], in the exercise of reasonable care, an opportunity to discover and correct it”]. Cf. Basso v. Miller, 40 N.Y.2d 233, 241, 352 N.E.2d 868, 872, 386 N.Y.S.2d 564, 568 (1976)

Barnett v. City of Yonkers, 731 F. Supp. 594 (S.D.N.Y. 1990)

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	Lewis v. Metro. Transp. Auth., 99 A.D.2d 246 (1984)	108

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