Bernstein v. East 167th Street Corp.

The action by the infant plaintiff is to recover damages for personal injuries sustained as the result of a fall upon a spot of grease on the sidewalk abutting the premises owned by the corporate defendant. Before the happening of the accident, a truck owned by the corporate defendant’s superintendent was drawn up at the curb at the edge of the sidewalk in question; at that time some pipes, apparently to be used in plumbing, were unloaded from the truck and conveyed into the building. After this had been done, the superintendent began to grease his truck and, while doing so, he had a can of…