Goodman v. Silverman

The judgments appealed from are predicated upon the negligence of the defendant which caused personal injuries to the plaintiff Jennie Goodman, wife of the plaintiff Sam Goodman. The latter has secured a judgment in the usual companion action for loss of services.

Sam Goodman was a tenant of the defendant. His wife slipped and fell on the stoop leading from the defendant’s apartment house to the street. Her fall was due to the presence of a quantity of fecal matter, presumably deposited by a young child. It was sufficient in quantity and condition to cause the plaintiff wife to slip and lose…