Legal Opinion
Christianson v. Breen
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 29, 1942PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
In an action for damages for personal injuries based upon alleged negligence, the complaint was dismissed at the close of plaintiffs’ case upon the ground that no lack of care had been shown.
Plaintiffs were respectively maid and butler employed as domestics in the home of John J. Curtin. The premises were a one family private dwelling owned by Curtin, where he made his home with his sister, defendant Katherine Breen, and consisted of a cellar, a ground floor and four upper floors. The first floor contained an entrance hallway, a large billard and game room, a washroom which opened off the…
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