Ritto v. Goldberg

Judgment affirmed, with $50 costs and disbursements to the plaintiffs-respondents. In this case, as in Kurek v. Port Chester Housing Auth. (18 N Y 2d 450), there was ample evidence for the jury finding that defendant-appellant landlord Goldberg exercised sufficient control over the washing machines installed by the licensee to charge Goldberg with liability for their proper maintenance. The machines were installed in the basement of the multiple dwelling in a room bearing a sign “Laundry Room” and open for the use of all 94 tenants. Although the lessees of the laundry room were to have “…