Goodheart v. New York Rapid Transit Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Goodheart v. New York Rapid Transit Corp.

260 A.D. 949, 23 N.Y.S.2d 625, 1940 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5582

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided November 25, 1940·Published

Opinion

Plaintiff, who fell when he was ascending a stairway leading to the train platform at the defendant’s station, claimed that he slipped on a wet, foreign substance, which defendant’s employee had just covered with a newspaper. Judgment in favor of plaintiff reversed on the law and the facts, and new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event. In our opinion the verdict is against the weight of the credible evidence. Lazansky, P. J., Johnston, Adel, Taylor and Close, JJ., concur.

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Plaintiff, who fell when he was ascending a stairway leading to the train platform at the defendant’s station, claimed that he slipped on a wet, foreign substance, which defendant’s employee had just covered with a newspaper. Judgment in favor of plaintiff reversed on the law and the facts, and new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event. In our opinion the verdict is against the weight of the credible evidence. Lazansky, P. J., Johnston, Adel, Taylor and Close, JJ., concur.

Goodheart v. New York Rapid Transit Corp., 260 A.D. 949, 23 N.Y.S.2d 625, 1940 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5582 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1940).

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