Legal Opinion
Agoado v. Cohen
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 18, 1931PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
The complaint alleges that while in the course of his duties as employee of the city of New York, the defendant Morris Cohen negligently and recklessly threw the plaintiff over a railing. Defendant Cohen was a gymnasium and playground director at Mt. Morris Park. The infant plaintiff, thirteen years old, was being ejected from the park for fighting with another boy. When the plaintiff reached the railing of the playground, the testimony is that Cohen picked him up and threw him over the railing on to a cement pavement. As a résult of this, plaintiff sustained a Potts fracture.
The city of New…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mott v. . Consumers' Ice CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Pangburn v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Girvin v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
3Cited by4 opinions
- Hardeman v. Mendon Leasing Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Irwin v. KleinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
- Collins v. New York HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
- Collins v. New York HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979