WATKINS v. BROOKDALE UNIV. HOSP. & MED. CTR.

2019-06286. Index No. 513399/15.

189 A.D.3d 933 (2020)

133 N.Y.S.3d 452

2020 NY Slip Op 07246

Hakeem Watkins, Respondent, v. Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Appellant.

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

Decided December 2, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles, LLP, Islandia, NY ( Robert A. Lifson of counsel), for appellant.

Parker Waichman LLP, Port Washington, NY ( Jay L. T. Breakstone of counsel), for respondent.

Balkin, J.P., Leventhal, Barros and Wooten, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

On July 1, 2013, the plaintiff, an emergency medical technician, allegedly sustained injuries to his neck and back while transporting a patient on a stretcher from the rear of an ambulance to an emergency loading dock at the defendant hospital. The plaintiff commenced this action against the defendant to recover damages for personal injuries, alleging that he was caused to sustain injuries because the emergency loading...

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