Legal Opinion
Avery v. Order of St. Basil Great
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 31, 1967PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Herlihy, J. P.
The issue of negligence concerns the responsibilities of the various parties when bowling alleys are in the process of being resurfaced.
The plaintiff, experienced in such work, was employed by Howard Transue, whose business was to ‘ ‘ resurface and refinish and repair bowling alleys ” and who entered into an oral contract to work on the alleys of the defendant as he had done for some years. It should be further noted at this point that the plaintiff had worked on these alleys on other occasions.
The accident happened on Monday, May 22, 1961 at about 10:30 in the morning. The…
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