ORLICK v. GRANIT HOTEL


30 N.Y.2d 246 (1972)

Sarah Orlick et al., Appellants, v. Granit Hotel & Country Club et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 24, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse B. Hecht and Seymour H. Metnick for appellants.

Gerald Orseck for respondents.

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


BURKE, J.

Plaintiffs were paying guests at the Granit Hotel where plaintiff, Sarah Orlick, fell down a flight of four stairs sustaining personal injuries. She fell on the same day that she had registered as a guest. The complaint claimed that defendants had been negligent in the construction and maintenance of the corridor and the stairway in it, alleging that the stairway had been improperly constructed as it...

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