SIMMEL EX REL. SIMMEL v. NEW JERSEY COOP CO.


47 N.J. Super. 509 (1957)

136 A.2d 301

WILLIAM ARTHUR SIMMEL, AN INFANT BY WILLIAM HERMAN SIMMEL, HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, AND WILLIAM HERMAN SIMMEL, INDIVIDUALLY, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. NEW JERSEY COOP COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 21, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jesse Moskowitz argued the cause for plaintiffs-respondents.

Mr. Edward V. Ryan argued the cause for defendant-appellant.

Before Judges CLAPP, JAYNE and HUGHES.


The opinion of the court was delivered by CLAPP, S.J.A.D.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Hudson County Court entered in favor of the infant plaintiff in the sum of $20,000 and in favor of his father in the sum of $7,500. The action was brought by the plaintiffs as a result of severe burns received by the infant from an open fire on certain vacant lots belonging to defendant, on which the infant was trespassing.

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