Kavazanjian v. Bowne-Morton Stores, Inc.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant Bowne-Morton Stores, Inc., appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, entered July 29, 1959, setting aside the verdict in favor of said defendant and granting a new trial. During the trial the action was discontinued as against another defendant, Brookhatten Trucking Co. Plaintiff, a food and drug inspector employed by the United States Government, while engaged in inspecting merchandise in the four-story warehouse building of the defendant-appellant, was injured when he fell through an open hatchway to the…