Legal Opinion

Povanda v. Powers

New York Supreme Court

Decided June 26, 1934PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLauer, J.

This action was instituted by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. The trial was had without a jury.

The plaintiff, Steve Povanda, an infant over the age of fourteen, on July 27, 1932, was employed as a caddy by the Churchill Valley Golf Club, in the county of Allegheny, Penn. At the time of the accident the plaintiff was caddying for a player other than the defendant. It is plaintiff’s contention that while playing the fourteenth hole of the Churchill Valley Club course on that day, the defendant struck his golf…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Toohey v. WebsterSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1922
  2. Everett v. . GoodwinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1931
  3. Stober v. EmbryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
  4. Biskup Ex Rel. Biskup v. HoffmanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1926
  5. Gleason v. Hillcrest Golf Course, Inc.City of New York Municipal Court · 1933

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Robinson v. MedingSupreme Court of Delaware · 1960
  2. McWilliams v. ParhamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
  3. Wood v. PostelthwaiteCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1972
  4. Neumann v. Shlansky, New York County Courts1968
  5. Walsh v. MacHlinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1941

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