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June v. Lichtenstein

253 A.D. 766 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1937-12-30 English

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Eleanor June, an Infant under Fourteen Years of Age, by Her Guardian ad Litem, Mary June, Appellant, v. Martin Lichtenstein, Respondent. Harold June, Appellant, v. Martin Lichtenstein, Respondent.

Action to recover for personal injuries sustained by an infant’s falling from a fire escape, access to which was had through a window opening from a common hallway in a tenement house. Also action by the infant’s father for expenses and loss of services. Judgment of the County Court of Rockland county dismissing the complaint affirmed, with costs. (Saraceni v. Mount Vernon Trust Co., 246 App. Div. 612 ; affd., 271 N. Y. 514 .) Hagarty, Carswell, Taylor and Close, JJ., concur; Johnston, J., dissents and votes for reversal and a new trial.

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