Peck v. Weil

The action seeks damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendants. Her complaint was dismissed at the close of her evidence upon the ground that there was presented no question of fact for submission to the jury.

Plaintiff’s intestate was a window cleaner. His death was due to a fall from a window on the sixth floor of defendants’ loft building. The evidence was sufficient to warrant a finding that he fell because an iron bar which extended across the outside of the window pulled out while he was using it as a means of temporary…