HACKER v. CITY OF NEW YORK


20 N.Y.2d 722 (1967)

Anna M. Hacker, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent, et al., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 7, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Friedman, Robert S. Friedman and Martin S. Friedman for appellant.

J. Lee Rankin, Corporation Counsel (Alfred Weinstein, Stanley Buchsbaum and Francis X. Olwell of counsel), for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN and BREITEL. Judge KEATING dissents and votes to reverse in the following opinion.


Order affirmed, without costs, upon the opinion at the Appellate Division.

KEATING, J. (dissenting).

On the evening of February 4, 1960, George and Anna Hacker were visiting at the apartment of George's brother. Anna was sitting in the living room with George and his brother when she got up to go into a bedroom, separated from the living room by a kitchen. While...

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