Simmel v. New Jersey Coop Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BurlikCt, J.

This is an action commenced in the Superior Court, Law Division, to recover damages for personal injury resulting from the alleged negligent maintenance of a dangerous condition upon defendant’s premises. The defendant denied maintenance of the condition, asserting as a defense that the condition was created by third persons without defendant’s consent or knowledge. The jury returned a verdict in the amount of $20,000 in favor of the infant plaintiff, William Arthur Simmel, and in favor of the plaintiff father, William Herman Simmel, in the…