Grynbaum v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Plaintiffs were tenants in a multiple dwelling owned by defendant, which maintained a laundry in the basement for *217the tenants’ use. On the day of the accident plaintiff Gertrude Grynbaum (hereinafter referred to as plaintiff), as she testified, entered the laundry with some clothes she intended to wash. She noticed a pool of soapy water about four or five feet in diameter around a drain located in the center of the room. When plaintiff entered the laundry, she placed her bluing and soap on the gas range and then proceeded to the washing machine. As she was returning to get the soap and bluing…