Legal Opinion

Walker v. Murray

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

Decided October 28, 1938PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Plaintiff sues to recover damages for personal injuries sustained when he fell at the.second step from the bottom of a flight of stairs leading to the train level at defendant’s subway station.— Judgment for plaintiff reversed on the law, with costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs. All the photographs, including plaintiff’s Exhibit 1, show, without doubt, that the testimony adduced on the part of the plaintiff as to the condition of the stairway is incredible as matter of law. Hagarty, Davis, Johnston and Close, JJ., concur; Taylor, J., concurs for reversal on the law, but votes for a…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Loughlin v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  2. Annunziata v. ColasantiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  3. Ray v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
  4. Claim of Farrell v. CNA InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  5. Hall v. Triboro Coach Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1948

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