Mercatante v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtCohn, J.
The appeal is by defendant from a judgment entered in a personal injury action after a jury trial in favor of Joan Mercatante and in favor of her father for medical expenses against the City of New York.
Joan Mercatante was employed as a clerk in Gouverneur Hospital by the department of hospitals of the City of New York. In the course of her duties at the hospital, while walking along *267a narrow hallway three to four feet wide on the fourth floor, she dropped her wallet. It fell underneath a fire extinguisher hanging on the wall of the corridor. She stooped to pick up the wallet. According to…
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