Prince v. City of New York

Judgment in this personal injury negligence action, entered on June 27, 1963, pursuant to directed verdict for defendant at the end of the case, unanimously reversed and verdict vacated, on the law, and a new trial ordered, without costs to any party. On a motion by a defendant for a directed verdict, the facts adduced at trial must be considered in the light most favorable to plaintiff. Plaintiff testified that patches of lumpy ice had been on the sidewalk by the school for about a week during which there had been periods of thawing weather. She said she slipped on the lumpy patch after it…