MURPHY v. CITY OF NEW YORK


19 A.D.2d 545 (1963)

Richard P. Murphy, Respondent, v. City of New York, Appellant-Respondent, and Welsbach Corp., Appellant

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

May 20, 1963


Judgment reversed on the law and the facts, without costs, and the complaint and cross complaint dismissed on the law.

The metal door of a lamppost, which was about one foot from a street curb, fell off the post and struck plaintiff's knee as he, while in bent position on the ground alongside the post, was about to open a toolbox which was at the bottom of a motor truck parked at the curb. The door was 18 inches long and 10 inches wide, and its bottom was from 2 to...

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