Laufer v. Shapiro

Smith, J.:

The actions are brought by Dora Laufer, and her husband, Max Laufer, for negligence, the action by Dora Laufer being for personal injuries and the action by Max Laufer for loss of services.

The defendant was the owner of a tenement at 1018 East One Hundred and Fifty-sixth street. One Lena Walsh had been employed as a janitress for the defendant for about nine months prior to the date in question, and she was during said time and at the time of the accident living in a four-room apartment in the rear of the basement. Ingress to and egress from her apartment could be had only from a…