Mortensen v. Memorial Hospital

Decided December 27, 1984. Joseph P. Sullivan wrote the opinion for the court.

105 A.D.2d 151 · Cited 87 times

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• Dunham v. Village of Canisteo · 303 N.Y. 498
• Monahan v. Weichert · 82 A.D.2d 102
• Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co. · 162 N.E. 99
• Derdiarian v. Felix Contracting Corp. · 51 N.Y.2d 308
• Nallan v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc. · 50 N.Y.2d 507
• Sheehan v. City of New York · 40 N.Y.2d 496
• George Foltis, Inc. v. City of New York · 38 N.E.2d 455
• Galbraith v. Busch · 196 N.E. 36
• Ingersoll v. Liberty Bank of Buffalo · 14 N.E.2d 828
• Rosenberg v. Schwartz · 183 N.E. 282
• Kingsland v. Erie County Agricultural Society · 84 N.E.2d 38
• Kletnieks v. Brookhaven Memorial Ass'n · 53 A.D.2d 169
• Tortora v. State of New York · 199 N.E. 44

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