PEOPLE v. DEITSCH


97 A.D.2d 327 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Zalman Deitsch, Joseph Deitsch, Baruch Scher and Deitsch Textile Corporation, Respondents

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

December 5, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Holtzman, District Attorney (Barbara D. Underwood, Lucille A. DiBello and Allan P. Root of counsel), for appellant.

Edward M. Rappaport for Zalman Deitsch and others, respondents.

Benjamin Spector (Joseph Frost and Gary L. Berenholtz of counsel), for Baruch Scher, respondent. (One brief filed.)

MANGANO, J. P., O'CONNOR and RUBIN, JJ., concur.


BROWN, J.

On the afternoon of October 10, 1979, a fire erupted in a six-story warehouse operated by the defendant Deitsch Textile Corporation at 510 Waverly Avenue in Brooklyn. While those who were working on the ground floor escaped to safety, two employees were trapped on the sixth floor. One was eventually rescued. The other, Nathaniel Logan, however, died. No cause for the fire was ever determined. Following...

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