Shapiro v. Art Craft Strauss Sign Corp.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered on May 13, 1971, upon a jury verdict, unanimously reversed and vacated, on the law and on the facts, and in the interests of *697justice, and a new trial directed, with costs and disbursements to abide the event. In this closely contested action to recover for personal injuries allegedly sustained by plaintiff on the public street, when he was struck by a piece of a sign falling from defendant’s building, it was essential that the trial court incorporate “‘the factual contentions of the parties in respect of the legal principles charged’” (Green…