Shaw v. Irving Trust Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Shaw v. Irving Trust Co.

249 A.D. 659, 291 N.Y.S. 571, 1936 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5427

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided November 30, 1936·Published·Cited by 1 cases

Opinion

Action by wife and husband to recover respectively for personal injuries and loss of services claimed to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of defendant in the maintenance of a handrail at the front entrance steps of a building. Judgment reversed on the law, with costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs. We are of the opinion that actionable negligence has not been established. The defect in the handrail was of so slight a character that an accident of this nature could not reasonably have been foreseen by defendant. Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Davis, Johnston and Adel, JJ., concur.

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Action by wife and husband to recover respectively for personal injuries and loss of services claimed to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of defendant in the maintenance of a handrail at the front entrance steps of a building. Judgment reversed on the law, with costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs. We are of the opinion that actionable negligence has not been established. The defect in the handrail was of so slight a character that an accident of this nature could not reasonably have been foreseen by defendant. Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Davis, Johnston and Adel, JJ., concur.

Shaw v. Irving Trust Co., 249 A.D. 659, 291 N.Y.S. 571, 1936 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5427 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1936).

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