Legal Opinion
Simon v. Schenectady North Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 10, 1987PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Levine, J.
This action was commenced by plaintiff Charles S. Simon (hereinafter plaintiff) and his wife to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while repairing a broken window at a church owned by defendant. The essential facts surrounding the incident are not in dispute. Early one Sunday morning, Charles Myers, a church elder of defendant, telephoned plaintiff, a member of the congregation and carpenter by trade, and asked him to board up some windows of the church which had been broken by vandals the previous night. Plaintiff initially refused to…
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