MENDEL v. PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO.


25 N.Y.2d 340 (1969)

Cecile Mendel et al., Appellants, v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Respondent, et al., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Reargued October 1, 1969.

Decided October 30, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret A. Boland for appellants.

John B McCrory for respondent.

Judges BURKE, BERGAN and JASEN concur with Judge SCILEPPI; Judge BREITEL dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge FULD and Judge GIBSON concur.


SCILEPPI, J.

In October, 1958 the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, the respondent herein, delivered and installed eight glass doors at the front entrance to the Central Trust Building in Rochester, New York. On October 29, 1965 it is alleged that appellant Cecile Mendel opened and was walking through one of the entrance doors leading from the public street into the premises...

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