McDermott v. City of New York

In an action by an infant to recover damages for personal injuries and by her father for medical expenses and loss of sendees, the City of New York appeals, as limited by a stipulation, from so much of a judgment as was entered on a jury verdict in favor of the infant for $75,000 and in favor of her father for $7,500 against it. The infant was injured when she fell on a sidewalk where a splay had been constructed to cover a difference in elevation between the walks m front of two contiguous properties. Judgment insofar as appealed from affirmed, with costs. The difference in grade at the…