POLARA v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.

No. 56, Docket 26119.

284 F.2d 34 (1960)

Pietro Frasca POLARA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., New York Airport Terminal Inc., and The Port of New York Authority, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided November 3, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony B. Cataldo, New York City (Gerald J. McKernan and James M. Leonard, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

P. G. Pennoyer, Jr., of Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for defendant-appellee Trans World Airlines, Inc.

Alexander Gangel, New York City (Cohen, McQuirk & Michels, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee New York Airport Terminal Inc.

Francis X. Curley, New York City (Sidney Goldstein and Milton H. Pachter, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee The Port of New York Authority.

Before CLARK and FRIENDLY, Circuit Judges, and DIMOCK, District Judge.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff when he tripped and fell on the apron area of the airfield at La Guardia Airport, Queens, New York. Plaintiff had debarked from a TWA airplane and had progressed to the baggage counter in the Arcade Building when he discovered that he had lost his wallet. In attempting to return to the plane he took a passageway which contained various obstructions and which may...

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