SMULCZESKI v. CITY CTR. OF MUSIC & DRAMA


3 N.Y.2d 498 (1957)

Caroline Smulczeski, Appellant, v. City Center of Music and Drama, Inc., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin H. Siff and Joseph Lubin for appellant.

Patrick E. Gibbons and George L. Ryan for respondent.

Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DESMOND, DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE concur.


Per Curiam.

Plaintiff was injured when she fell on a stairway in defendant's theatre. She had attended a matinee performance and was on her way out of the theatre at the time of the accident. There was testimony that when plaintiff and her companions reached the lower landing of the stairway the overhead ceiling light was out. There was a wall light having a lighted 60-watt bulb and two decorative wall brackets, with...

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