Sideman v. Guttman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtShapiro, J.
Plaintiff, Mrs. Sideman, was a guest in the home of the defendants, her daughter and son-in-law. She stepped on a throw rug in their apartment which slid from under her and “flew away”, causing her to sustain injuries. The trial court dismissed the complaint at the end of the plaintiffs’ case upon a jury trial of the issues of liability only, holding that the plaintiffs had failed to prove the existence of a dangerous condition known to the defendants and unknown to Mrs. Sideman.
Under the present law of premises liability a social guest is treated as a licensee, takes the premises as he finds…
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