Schwartz v. Cohen

This-is an action to recover for injuries sustained as a result of an assault upon plaintiff by a fellow patron in a bar and grill owned by defendants.

The "evidence is as follows: Prior to the assault one of the defendants saw the assailant, who had been dancing near the bar, attempt to steal plaintiff’s poclcetbook and then to flee the premises, "without injury to the plaintiff. When the larceny was attempted the said defendant recognized him as a “ trouble maker ”. Plaintiff knew the neighborhood to be dangerous and, despite this knowledge and the original occurrence, he sat down at a table…