Danielson v. City of New York

Plaintiff recovered a verdict for $35,000 damages in an action for personal injuries suffered as the result of a fall on the sidewalk in front of premises 610 Riverside Drive, New York City, on August 18, 1951. Her action was against the City of New York, which asserted a cross claim against Mac Asphalt Construction Corp., a contractor engaged by the city to repair the street and reset the curbstones in front of the premises. The city claimed that any defect in the sidewalk had been caused by the acts of the contractor impleaded as a third-party defendant.

The evidence disclosed that the…