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MILLINGTON v. SOUTHEASTERN ELEVATOR CO.

22 N.Y.2d 498 (1968)

Pauline Millington, Appellant, v. Southeastern Elevator Co., Inc., et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 2, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred S. Julien, Nathaniel Greenbaum and Helen B. Stoller for appellant.

Jack Hart and Martin R. Cramer for Elmer E. Smith, respondent.

Morris Zweibel for Goodrich Associates, Inc., respondent.

John Nielsen for Southeastern Elevator Co., Inc., respondent.

I. Sidney Worthman for Lindsay Park Housing Corp., respondent.

Judges BURKE, BREITEL and JASEN concur; Chief Judge FULD and Judges SCILEPPI and BERGAN dissent and vote to affirm on the authority of and for the reasons given in Kronenbitter v. Washburn Wire Co. ().

KEATING, J.

In 1965, Cyril H. Millington, the husband of the plaintiff, Pauline Millington, was 37 years old. He became completely paralyzed from his waist down as a result of an elevator accident. His wife has brought this action for loss of consortium basing her claim on the fact that her husband will spend the rest of his life as an invalid. She further alleges that this has caused a radical change in their...

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