PALKA v. SERVICEMASTER MGMT. SERVS. CORP.


195 A.D.2d 638 (1993)

599 N.Y.S.2d 734

Linda C. Palka, Respondent, v. Servicemaster Management Services Corporation, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

July 1, 1993


Mahoney, J.

In October 1987 plaintiff, a registered nurse employed by Ellis Hospital in the City of Schenectady, Schenectady County, was on duty and was assisting a patient into bed when a 12-inch, oscillating, wall-mounted fan at the foot of the bed fell and struck her on the head. The resultant injuries she sustained furnished the occasion for the instant negligence action against defendant, which had contracted...

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