Legal Opinion

Runkel v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 29, 1953PublishedCited by 87 opinions

1Per curiam

In a consolidated action of separate suits against the individual defendants and the City of New York, the infant plaintiffs sue to recover for personal injuries sustained when an abandoned three-story multiple dwelling, adjacent to a public street and bordering upon it, collapsed to the ground floor and buried them in the debris. The parents sue to recover for expenses and for loss of services of the infants. At the time *175the building collapsed the infants were inside frolicking, and technically they were trespassers. Plaintiffs seek to hold liable the owners of the building and the City of…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Bernardine v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
  2. Steitz v. City of BeaconNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
  3. McCrink v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
  4. Dunham v. Village of CanisteoNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
  5. McCarthy v. . the City of SyracuseNew York Court of Appeals · 1871

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3Cited by87 opinions

  1. Motyka v. City of AmsterdamNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
  2. Bailey v. Town of ForksWashington Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Cracraft v. City of St. Louis ParkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
  4. Campbell v. City of BellevueWashington Supreme Court · 1975
  5. Wilson v. NepstadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979

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