McQuage v. City of New York

In this action for damages for personal injuries a verdict in favor of defendant was rendered after a jury trial. Plaintiff appeals from the judgment entered thereon claiming prejudicial errors in the admission of evidence.

Shortly after midnight on October 11, 1952, plaintiff, a seaman, had left a tavern at South Ferry Plaza and crossed the street to a point where a bus owned by the City of New York was standing. Plaintiff testified that he put his right foot on the lower step and, with one hand, grasped a stanchion located a few inches from the top of the step; that as he did so the door…