Legal Opinion
Wolf v. Kaufmann
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 29, 1929PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
The defendants appeal from an order setting aside the verdict of a jury in their favor and granting a new trial. The order should be reversed in so far as it grants a new trial, and the complaint dismissed, upon the ground that, assuming the existence of all the facts claimed by the plaintiff upon the trial, no cause of action exists against the defendants.
The action is in negligence to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate. The plaintiff’s cause of action is based upon the fact that the deceased was found injured and unconscious at the foot of a flight of stairs in premises…
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