Jankowsky v. Brown
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Goldie Jankowsky, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 16th day. of May, 1916, upon a dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of plaintiff’s case, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of May, 1916, denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Shearn, J.:
The action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff having slipped upon the stoop entrance to a tenement, the steps of which were under defendant’s control and in defendant’s care. During the day in question, as a result of a storm of snow and sleet prior to one o’clock in the afternoon, slush accumulated on the steps. Between three and four o’clock in the afternoon defendant’s janitress washed the slush off, pouring out of a pail steaming hot water which soon froze, covering the surface of the steps with a thin glaze of smooth, slippery ice. Plaintiff…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Snelling v. YetterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
3Cited by4 opinions
- Mary P. Klein and William Klein v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Lajam v. Abraham Sahdala & Son Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
- Cook v. RezendeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
- Mary P. Klein and William Klein v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964