Feeney v. New York Waist House

On November 22d, 1924, as the plaintiff was passing along the sidewalk on Main Street in Hartford opposite the premises occupied by the defendant, the glass from a large show window in the front of the store fell upon and injured her. The complaint alleged that the occurrence and resulting injuries were caused by the negligence of the defendant in inspecting and maintaining the window.

The trial court held that the defendant was not negligent in the respects alleged and that the sole cause of the fall of the glass was a wind so heavy that such fall would have occurred in any event,…