BROWN v. CITY OF NEW YORK


47 N.Y.2d 927 (1979)

Margaret Brown, Respondent-Appellant, v. City of New York, Appellant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen G. Schwartz, Corporation Counsel (Bernard Burstein and L. Kevin Sheridan of counsel), for appellant-respondent.

Thomas R. Newman, Aaron J. Broder and Steven Di Joseph for respondent-appellant.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The judgment appealed from should be affirmed. Viewing the evidence in the record in the light most favorable to the plaintiff (see Parvi v City of Kingston, 41 N.Y.2d 553), we agree with the Appellate Division that she made out a prima facie case. Without more, the record reveals that the testimony of plaintiff's medical expert provided a basis for a finding that defendant...

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