Xavier v. Grunberg

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered February 15, 1978, which, after a jury trial, awarded judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $80,000, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, vacated, and the matter remanded for a new trial, with $75 costs and disbursements of this appeal to abide the event. On September 1, 1974, the plaintiff, Mireille Xavier, was visiting a friend living in an apartment house owned by the defendants Grunberg and located on Riverside Drive in New York City. The plaintiff claims to have been injured when a bedroom ceiling collapsed on…