LA MONTAIN v. CALVANESE


9 A.D.2d 593 (1959)

Domenica La Montain, by David J. La Montain, Jr., Her Guardian ad Litem, et al., Respondents, v. Joseph Calvanese, Appellant

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

August 13, 1959


Plaintiff Domenica La Montain has recovered for personal injuries sustained when a portion of the plaster ceiling in the kitchen of her apartment fell and struck her, due, as the jury found, to the defendant landlord's negligence in failing to remedy a defective condition after sufficient notice. The coplaintiff has recovered upon a derivative cause of action. The jury could well find that the ceiling had become dangerous and defective after absorption of water from the leaking...

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