QUINLAN v. CECCHINI


52 A.D.2d 553 (1976)

Loretta Quinlan, by Her father and Natural Guardian, Edwin Quinlan, et al., Appellants, v. Vito D. Cecchini et al., Respondents

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

April 20, 1976


It is well settled that a social guest visiting someone's home takes the premises as the guest finds them. The only duty owed to the guest by the host is to abstain from inflicting intentional, wanton or willful injuries and to disclose the existence of any known condition in the nature of a trap or hidden danger.

Murphy, J. (dissenting).

Even assuming the continuing validity of the archaic "tripartite...

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