Case Name: Joyce Hochman, Appellant, v. Board of Education of the City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-10-18
Citations: 197 A.D.2d 609
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joyce Hochman, Appellant, v Board of Education of the City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 197
Pages: 609–609

Head Matter:
Joyce Hochman, Appellant, v Board of Education of the City of New York, Respondent.
[604 NYS2d 757]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lerner, J.), entered July 18, 1991, which, upon a ruling at the close of opening statements at trial, is in favor of the defendant dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is granted, with costs to abide the event.
Since a valid theory of negligence was offered to support the plaintiffs complaint, the court erred in dismissing the complaint after opening statements (see generally, De Vito v Katsch, 157 AD2d 413). Mangano, P. J., Rosenblatt, Lawrence, Copertino and Joy, JJ., concur.