Cunningham v. Lence Lanes, Inc.

Defendant appeals in a personal injury action from a judgment of the Supreme Court entered upon a jury verdict at Trial Term and from an order denying its post-trial motion to set aside the verdict.

In the evening of November 27, 1962 plaintiff, a business invitee of defendant, was injured while leaving its bowling establishment through a glass-paneled dooi. His testimony was that as he approached the exit he grasped the handle of the door with his left hand, pushed it outward for a distance of about two feet from which point it swung backward, contemporaneously with which movement the plate…