Hyperlawhypertext legal databasebeta Seidman v. M & R Air Conditioning Corp. 15 N.Y.2d 814

← Cases

Seidman v. M & R Air Conditioning Corp.

15 N.Y.2d 814 Court N.Y. Decision date 1965-02-11 English

Contents

Majority

p. 814
Samuel Seidman, Respondent, v. M & R Air Conditioning Corporation et al., Appellants.
Submitted January 13, 1965;
decided February 11, 1965.
p. 815
Herbert Minster, Bernard Helfenstein and Irwin M. Strum for appellants.
Theodore D. Rothenberg for respondent.

Order reversed, with costs in all courts, and complaint dismissed upon the ground that plaintiff’s failure to shut off the power on the air conditioning machine before attempting to replace the compressor belt was so careless as to amount to contributory negligence as a matter of law (Utica Mut. Ins. Co. v. Amsterdam Color Works, 284 App. Div. 376 , affd. 308 N. Y. 816 ).

Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Dye, Fuld, Van Voorhis, Burke, Scileppi and Bergan.

Cases cited