Summary
In Fleming v. Oppel, 1938, 254 App. Div. 740, 3 N.Y.S.2d 971, a landlord was held not liable, as a matter of law, for bodily injuries sustained by a tenant in a multiple dwelling when her hand struck a defective washtub cover therein.
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May 2, 1938.
Present — Lazansky, P.J., Carswell, Davis, Johnston and Taylor, JJ. [ 163 Misc. 876.]
In an action by a wife to recover damages for injuries sustained when her hand struck a defective washtub cover, and by her husband for loss of services and medical expenses, order of the Appellate Term reversing a judgment for plaintiffs, entered on a jury verdict rendered in the City Court of the City of New York, County of Queens, and dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs. (See Kitchen v. Landy, 215 App. Div. 586; Liddell v. Novak, 246 id. 848, and Bibeault v. Hefgold Realty Corp., 250 id. 761.)