BAUM v. ROWLAND


281 A.D. 964 (1953)

Andrew Baum, Respondent, v. Mary V. Rowland et al., Respondents, and Nettie Lorwit, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

April 21, 1953.


Per Curiam.

Plaintiff, having undertaken to repair the plaster on the ceiling, assumed the risk that it might fall, so that there was no duty owed to him, as would have been the case toward other types of invitees upon the premises. Responsibility does not rest upon an owner of real property to recompense an independent contractor hurt by a dangerous condition which he had undertaken to repair (Kowalsky v. Conreco Co., 264 N.Y. 125).

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