Causa v. Kenny
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the ¡ defendant, George J. Kenny, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 18th day of April,; 1912, upon the verdict of a jury for $6,000, • and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on .the 23d day of April, '1912, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
The plaintiff leased from the defendant' rooms in a tenement house in the. city of New York, and while, going therefrom down' a public stairway slipped, fell and sustained *135injuries which necessitated his being carried back to his room. While being carried back the plaster in the hallway fell, and a portion of it struck him upon the head, inflicting further-injuries. This action was brought to recover damages alleged to have been sustained both from the fall upon the stairs and the fall of the plaster, plaintiff claiming each was due to the defendant’s negligence. Plaintiff had…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Link v. . SheldonNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
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