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Reinholtz v. Singer

16 A.D.2d 678 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1962-04-16 English

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p. 678
Carl Reinholtz, Appellant, v. Alexander Singer, Respondent.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff,

p. 679
a police officer on duty in pursuit of a prowler in darkness, as a result of his (the plaintiff’s) stumbling over a coping on the ground level of a depressed areaway which afforded light and air to the basement of defendant’s property, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, entered March 15, 1961, which dismissed his complaint at the end of his case during a jury trial. Judgment affirmed, without costs. No opinion. Beldock, P. J., Kleinfeld, Brennan, Hill and Rabin, JJ., concur.