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McArthur v. Elad Conservatory, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 16, 1966
26 A.D.2d 528 (N.Y. App. Div. 1966)

Opinion

June 16, 1966


Judgment for plaintiff, entered upon a jury verdict in a personal injury action, unanimously reversed and vacated, on the law and on the facts, with $50 costs and disbursements to the defendant, and complaint dismissed on the law, with taxable costs. The plaintiff slipped and fell on a dance floor, maintained by the defendant, Dale Dance Studio, as she was taking the first steps of a dance lesson being given to her by the defendant's teacher. Her testimony and the testimony of a witness that the floor was "highly polished" and that there was no "traction" or powder on the floor did not establish a case. (See Paddock v. Church of St. Barnabas, 24 A.D.2d 716; Gough v. Wadhams Mills Grange No. 1015, P. of H., 279 App. Div. 825; Iorio v. Rockland Light Power Co., 274 App. Div. 791; Elias v. Heller, 23 Misc.2d 201, affd. 16 A.D.2d 760.) Although there was testimony that, on prior occasions, the defendant had placed a powdery substance on its dance floors, the nature of the substance and the purpose of the application was not established. Consequently, a case was not made out by the testimony that there was no resin, powder or other substance on the floor when the plaintiff fell.

Concur — Rabin, J.P., Stevens, Eager, Steuer and Capozzoli, JJ.


Summaries of

McArthur v. Elad Conservatory, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 16, 1966
26 A.D.2d 528 (N.Y. App. Div. 1966)
Case details for

McArthur v. Elad Conservatory, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:ANNA H. McARTHUR, Respondent, v. ELAD CONSERVATORY, INC., Doing Business…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Jun 16, 1966

Citations

26 A.D.2d 528 (N.Y. App. Div. 1966)