Legal Opinion
Poyas v. RKO Keith Orpheum Theatres, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 14, 1961PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtSteuer, J.
The infant plaintiff, a child two and a half years of age, has recovered a verdict for $12,000 against the defendant. It appears that the plaintiff was taken by her mother into the lobby of defendant’s theatre, and while the mother was looking at the display of pictures in the lobby the plaintiff wandered off and was next seen by her mother immediately in front of a radiator cover which was falling on the child.
Several possibilities as to how the accident happened will occur under this state of facts. Among these would be that the cover fell because the child pulled it down on herself, or…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Garthe v. RuppertNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- Maloney v. . KaplanNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
- De Salvo v. Stanley-Mark-Strand Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1939
- Levine v. Russell Blaine Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Smolen v. Grandview Dairy, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1950
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Verson Allsteel Press Co. v. GarnerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977