Garcia v. Hamilton Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff when she fell on a concrete step while leaving defendant’s bank premises after having made a deposit, defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, entered April 28, 1961, after trial, upon a jury’s verdict for $14,200 in favor of the plaintiff. Judgment reversed on the law, without costs, and complaint dismissed. In our opinion, plaintiff failed as a matter of law to establish any negligence on the part of defendant (De Salvo v. Stanley-Mark-Strand Corp., 281 N. Y. 333; cf. Savignano v. City…