Legal Opinion
De Sessa v. City of White Plains
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 26, 1961PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJames D. Hopkins, J.
The plaintiff was walking on March 18,1959, along the sidewalk on Main Street in the City of White Plains. The defendant Cannaughtan was the driver of a trailer truck owned by the defendant McFadden Express Co. Cannaughtan was backing the trailer truck into a parked position at the curb so as to unload a shipment of shoes and make delivery to a store operated by the defendant Thom McAn, Inc. An employee of that store had been assigned by the manager to assist Cannaughtan by guiding him in parking the vehicle. The defendants Wolff owned a store next to Thom McAn, and a drain covered by a metal…
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