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Albano v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co.

N.Y. App. Div.November 13, 2001Cited 4 times
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Case Details

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Published
Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
summary judgment

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Outcome

Defendant Brooklyn Union Gas Co. prevailed on appeal. The court reversed the lower court's denial of summary judgment and dismissed the complaint, finding that plaintiff failed to establish proximate causation between defendant's alleged negligence and plaintiff's injuries from a hit-and-run vehicle.

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