Antinucci v. Hellman

Plaintiffs, an infant and his father, have recovered in a negligence action, the infant for damages for his personal injuries and the parent upon his derivative cause of action.

While seated in defendants’ motion picture theater, to which he had paid admission, the infant plaintiff, then 10 years old, felt liquid poured or thrown on his back. (A container for cigarette lighter fluid was later discovered nearby.) He remonstrated with the patrons behind him, turned again to face the screen and again felt liquid on his back and immediately saw flames over his shoulder. With his clothing on fire…