WOODRING v. BD. OF EDUC. OF MANHASSET UNION FREE SCH. DIST.


79 A.D.2d 1022 (1981)

Barbara Z. Woodring, as Administratrix of The Estate of George T. Woodring, Jr., Deceased, Respondent, v. Board of Education of Manhasset Union Free School District, Appellant

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

January 26, 1981


Judgment affirmed, with costs.

A reading of the record demonstrates that there was ample basis for the jury's finding of negligence on the part of the defendant in the construction and maintenance of the railing on the platform in question. The testimony showed that the railing gave way when the decedent grabbed hold of it in his attempt to climb up from a stepladder to the platform. There is evidence that the nut and bolt...

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