Kritz v. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Amended judgment, dated June 11, 1968, unanimously reversed on the law, with $50 costs and disbursements to appellant, and the complaint dismissed, on the ground there was no actionable negligence proven. The presence of a 1% to 2 inch piece of paper, similar to a candy wrapper, on the bank’s doorstep is not of such a character as to impose liability on the defendant or of such a nature that the probability of injury could have been foreseen in the exercise of care and prudence. (Clemmons v. Cominskey, 1 A D 2d 933, affd. 2 N Y 2d 958.) If we did not dismiss the complaint, we would set aside…
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